‘The Pioneer Woman': Ree Drummond's Husband Ladd Reveals The Identity of His Other Lifelong Partner
ReeDrummond and her husband, Ladd, have been married for 28 years, building a successful personal and professional life filled with love and family. But there is someone else in Ladd's life with whom he shares a lifelong partnership. In a new video posted to the Drummond Ranch YouTube channel, Ladd opens up about just how important this bond is.
The YouTube video is called "A Lifelong Partnership." In it, Ladd talks about his personal and professional relationship with his brother, Tim Drummond.
The new family social media channel takes a deeper look at the cattle ranching operation that has sustained the Drummonds for over 100 years. Ladd and his brother Tim currently co-own the family company, founded by Ladd and Tim's great-great-grandfather, Fred Drummond.
A caption for the video clip explains, "Ladd and Tim Drummond are brothers and partners, as well as separate business entities. This episode of Drummond Ranch gives you a peek inside their relationship as the two brothers reflect on the value of having a permanent collaborator and sounding board to wade through the ups and downs of markets, weather, and other factors in cattle ranching."
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It continues, "Ladd and Tim lost their older brother when they were teenagers, which forged a deeper bond of cooperation, collaboration, and respect over the decades. However, despite their solid relationship, there is plenty of room for healthy ribbing; whether it's about showing up late, getting knocked over by steers, or (in Tim's case) ignoring a broken leg for two weeks. Meet Ladd and Tim Drummond, brothers and partners for life."
In a 2009 blog post, Ree shared more about Ladd and Tim's lifelong bond, which was further cemented after the loss of their older brother Todd in a car accident while working at the ranch of a family friend in Texas. She wrote that the tragedy was "tragic, life-altering, terrible. Anyone who's lost a loved one to a car accident knows how much it rocks a family."
In a separate post titled "Brothers," The Pioneer Woman star penned, "Through the years, they've grown closer and closer. Their bond has strengthened not just through their common experience of losing a brother, but through living on the land on which they grew up, through starting families, and through raising children in many of the same ways they were raised."
Ree and Ladd have five children and one foster son: Alex, Paige, Bryce, Todd, and Jamar. Tim and Missy have two children, Caleb and Halle.
The Pioneer Woman airs on the Food Network.
'The Pioneer Woman': Ree Drummond's Husband Ladd Reveals The Identity of His Other Lifelong Partner first appeared on Parade on Jul 7, 2025
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