In 2002, Carter got into power boat racing and started his own team, Nick Carter Racing, which won the National Championship in its first year. Charity work Carter started Oceans Campaign in 2001 to help raise awareness about the ocean. It was a part of the Just Within Reach foundation that fellow group member Kevin Richardson founded. He was announced as the new United Nations Special Ambassador for the Year of the Dolphin (YoD) on May 17, 2007, representing the United Nations Environment Program, the Convention on Migratory Species, and the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society. The Year of the Dolphin campaign aimed to raise awareness of dolphins in the wild, the threats they faced to their survival, and actions that could help their wild conservation. He was to record a new song and video with all proceeds going to this project, make a public service announcement and appear at local schools. Carter has stated that he has a passion for the environment and its oceans. He has worked with the United Nations Environmental Program (UNEP) and the Coral Reef Action Network (ICRAN). He also has lobbied for these causes at Capitol Hill. In 2016, Carter sold two of his paintings on eBay, where a portion of the proceeds went to the St. Jude Children's Hospital. Carter has also auctioned various items over the years for charities. Personal life Relationships Carter has been reported to have dated Debra Lafave, Willa Ford, and Paris Hilton. Carter met Lauren Michelle Kitt, a fitness trainer, in 2008. They married in Santa Barbara, California, in 2014. Their wedding was featured in an issue of In Touch Weekly and was filmed for Carter's reality show, I Heart Nick Carter. They have three children; a son born in 2016 and two daughters born in 2019 and 2021. In September 2018, Carter revealed that Kitt had a miscarriage. They had been expecting a girl. Carter told People magazine that even though he loves performing on tour, he had to miss his daughter's third birthday to go to Europe. Legal issues On January 2, 2002, Carter was arrested at Pop City nightclub in Tampa, Florida, and charged with a misdemeanor count of resisting/opposing a law enforcement officer without violence. In 2003 or 2004, Carter got his first DUI after refusing to comply with the police. On March 5, 2005, Carter was arrested in Huntington Beach, California, and charged