Jennings married country singer Jessi Colter in Phoenix, Arizona, on October 26, 1969. Colter had a daughter, Jennifer, from her previous marriage to Duane Eddy. The couple had a son in 1979, Waylon Albright, known as Shooter Jennings. In the early 1980s, Colter and Jennings nearly divorced due to his abuse of drugs and alcohol. In 1990, after he stopped touring, Jennings earned a GED to set an example to Shooter about the importance of education. He studied for his GED by watching tapes of GED on TV programs from the Kentucky Educational Television network on his tour bus in 1989.
Jennings married country singer Jessi Colter in Phoenix Arizona on October 26 1969 Colter had a daughter Jennifer from her previous marriage to Duane Eddy The couple had a son in 1979 Waylon Albright known as Shooter Jennings In the early 1980s Colter and Jennings nearly divorced due to his abuse of drugs and alcohol In 1990 after he stopped touring Jennings earned a GED to set an example to Shooter about the importance of education He studied for his GED by watching tapes of GED on TV programs from the Kentucky Educational Television network on his tour bus in 1989