Mariah Carey: Kids give me a reason to live

Mariah Carey never wanted to have children.

The 44-year-old singer was "convinced" she would never be a mother from a young age, but says having twins Moroccan and Monroe, now three, with husband Nick Cannon, brought a new purpose to her life.

She told Entertainment Tonight Canada: "I never thought I was going to have kids. I remember being a little girl and going 'I don't think I'm going to have babies when I grow up'.

"For a while I was probably convinced of that and I just realised things change and that's what happens. [The twins] give me a reason to live."

The Heartbreaker singer has penned a track for her children, who are nicknamed Dem Babies, which appears on her forthcoming new album. The tots feature on the track.

She said: "It's called 'Supernatural'. Dem babies are on the song. And they were singing this one when they were just two years old.

"Mainly it's Miss Monroe singing but Rocco is on there."