Evans has a daughter, Jade (born 1986) by former girlfriend Alison Ward. In 1998 after a long running dispute, the couple reached an out of court arrangement where by Evans provided a home for his child and an allowance to Ward.

Evans married Carol McGiffin in 1991; but their 1994 split was not amicable and McGiffin has been scathing about Evans in newspaper articles in the years since; they were divorced in 1997. During his time at BBC Radio1 and Virgin, Evans had well publicised relationships with Kim Wilde, model Rachel Tatton-Brown (whose sister was a researcher on The Big Breakfast), production assistant Suzi Aplin, Anthea Turner, Geri Halliwell, and Melanie Sykes. After meeting teenage pop star Billie Piper, and after she proposed on his 35th Birthday, the couple married in a £200 ceremony at the Little Church of the West in Las Vegas on May 6, 2001; attended by six guests including best man Danny Baker. In September 2004, news stories circulated regarding a trial sepa