Rattle's first marriage was to Elise Ross, an American soprano, with whom he had two sons: Sacha, who is a clarinettist, and Eliot, who is a painter.[46] They were divorced in 1995 after 15 years of marriage. In 1996 he married his second wife,[47] Candace Allen, a Boston-born writer.[48] This second marriage ended in 2004, and in 2008 Rattle married the Czech mezzo-soprano Magdalena Kožená.[49] The couple have two sons, Jonas (2005) and Milos (2008), and a daughter Anežka (June 2014).
Rattle is a member of the Incorporated Society of Musicians and a fan of Liverpool Football Club.