Carey Lowell and Richard Gere separate, prepare to divorce Actor Richard Gere and his wife, actress Carey Lowell arrive for the 70th annual Golden Globe Awards held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California on on January 13, 2013. 25 (UPI) -- Hollywood couple Richard Gere and Carey Lowell have separated after 11 years of marriage and are planning to divorce, the New York Post reported Wednesday. Gere, 64, and Lowell, 52, were a couple for seven years before they wed, but they haven't been photographed together since a screening of Gere's movie "Arbitrage" last year, the newspaper said. A source told the Post the couple -- who have a son -- have "been spending time apart for quite some time." "They have a place in Bedford [New York], and he likes it because it's quiet and he likes the solitude," a second insider told the newspaper. She likes being in North Haven in the limelight. They live next door to Jimmy Buffett and his family, and they're good friends.