ED SHEERAN has revealed his plans to quit music - and it might not be that far away.

The 26-year-old singer, who announced over the weekend that he had become engaged to his long-term girlfriend Cherry Seaborn, admitted that he'll be stopping once they start having kids in order to be a "good father," reports The Sun.

The star, who previously said he wanted kids before he turns 30, told the Daily Star: "My ambition is going to go to zero as soon as I have kids."

"I am going to be like, 'I do not really care anymore as I have another life to take care of."

"It is totally understandable because you have children and your ambition shifts to be like, 'I want to be a good father.'"

Ed has made no secret of being broody in the past, and in 2016 he said he wanted to be a dad "like, last year."

Speaking to Zane Lowe, he shared: "I'm ready, let's go - tour bus babies, little fat, chubby babies that just walk around."

And discussing his time line, he told OK! Magazine on another occasion: "I think the wheels should be in motion by the time I'm 30."

"But it's not really up to me."

"It's a two-way street. It has to be up to the partner as well."

This story originally appeared in The Sun and is republished here with permission.

ED SHEERAN has revealed his plans to quit music - and it might not be that far away.

The 26-year-old singer, who announced over the weekend that he had become engaged to his long-term girlfriend Cherry Seaborn, admitted that he'll be stopping once they start having kids in order to be a "good father," reports The Sun.

The star, who previously said he wanted kids before he turns 30, told the Daily Star: "My ambition is going to go to zero as soon as I have kids."

"I am going to be like, 'I do not really care anymore as I have another life to take care of."

"It is totally understandable because you have children and your ambition shifts to be like, 'I want to be a good father.'"

Ed has made no secret of being broody in the past, and in 2016 he said he wanted to be a dad "like, last year."

Speaking to Zane Lowe, he shared: "I'm ready, let's go - tour bus babies, little fat, chubby babies that just walk around."

And discussing his time line, he told OK! Magazine on another occasion: "I think the wheels should be in motion by the time I'm 30."

"But it's not really up to me."

"It's a two-way street. It has to be up to the partner as well."

This story originally appeared in The Sun and is republished here with permission.