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Billy Joel said "I do" to three other women before finding love with his fourth wife Alexis Roderick Joel. The legendary singer-songwriter known for his hits including Uptown Girl and powerful ballads such as She's Always A Woman the vocalist has had an interesting love life.

Although Billy, 76, has kept his relationships private, the Grammy winner shared a sweet tribute on Instagram in July 2022 to honour his and Alexis's seventh wedding anniversary. "13 years together 3 dogs, 2 kids, 1 marriage and so much love. Happy 7th Anniversary," he captioned photos of them together.

More recently, the two-part documentary Billy Joel: And So It Goes premiered at the Tribeca Festival on June 4 2025, where he gave a rare insight into his personal life away from the stage.

Express.co.uk takes an inside look into the crooner's love life.

Elizabeth Weber

Billy wrote the Grammy-winning single Just the Way You Are for Elizabeth Weber's birthday. The iconic pianist first met Weber in the late 1960s, when she was married to his best friend and bandmate Jon Small. Billy and Weber had an affair which would ultimately break up the band but also led to their first split.

In Billy Joel: The Definitive Biography, he opened up about their relationship. "She wasn't like a lot of the other girls I knew at that time who had taken home ec and cooking classes," he told author Fred Schruers. "She was . . . intelligent and not afraid to speak her mind, but could also be seductive. Almost like a European-type - not a typical American girl."

Addressing the affair, Billy admitted he felt guilty about being a "homewrecker". "They had a child. I felt like a homewrecker," he said in Billy Joel: And So It Goes. "I was just in love with a woman and I got punched in the nose which I deserved. Jon was very upset. I was very upset."

After some time apart, Billy and Weber would rekindle their romance and wed in 1973. She would go on to become his manager. In 1982, the pair filed for divorce after nine years of marriage.

Christie Brinkley

Billy and model Brinkley first met in St. Bart's in 1983. The couple went on to marry in the spring of 1985 and welcomed daughter Alexa Ray in December of that year. He opened up about his admiration for Brinkley to Rolling Stone.

"What bothers me is when because of what she looks like and what she does for a living, people fall back on the stereotype of her as being a dumb blonde - which she definitely is not," he said. "They say 'supermodel' like that's supposed to mean she's vapid and shallow - which she's not."

The couple called it quits in 1993 and were officially divorced by the spring of 1994. Today, the pair have remained on good terms. Speaking to Social Life magazine in 2019 that they have maintained a friendly relationship, including singing together.

Katie Lee

The singer met Lee, a cookbook author and food critic, after they bumped into each other at the Peninsula Hotel in 2002. It led to the pair enjoying drinks at the bar, according to New York Magazine. The couple began dating and married at his Long Island home in October 2004. Lee was 23 years old at the start of their romance with Billy being aged 55 at the time of their wedding, making them 32 years apart in age.

But less than five years later the pair announced their split.

"This decision is a result of much thoughtful consideration. Billy & Katie remain caring friends with admiration and respect for each other," the statement read.

Alexis Roderick Joel

Billy met Roderick, an equestrian and former executive at Morgan Stanley, in 2009. The crooner could not take his eyes off her at a restaurant in New York. The singer got her number and called her from across the restaurant, asking if she could give him a ride home. She obliged, and they started dating shortly afterward.

Billy's spokesperson confirmed the couple "surprised guests at their annual July 4th party by exchanging vows in front of their family and close friends" in 2015. Roderick was pregnant with the pair's first daughter, Della, during the ceremony.

The couple welcomed their second daughter, Remy Anne, in October 2017.

Their relationship has gone from strength to strength. Joel announced he had been diagnosed with a rare brain condition in 2022. At the time, his wife said, "Thank you for the outpouring of love and support. We are so grateful for the wonderful care and swift diagnosis we received."

She added, "Bill is beloved by so many, and to us, he is a father and husband who is at the center of our world. We are hopeful for his recovery. We look forward to seeing you all in the future."