Singer Paula Abdul wants to settle down and start a family by 2013 - but won’t hesitate to adopt if she doesn’t find the right man in time.

The 44-year-old star, who is currently dating restaurateur J.T. Torregiani, is desperate for kids of her own and has resigned herself to the fact that adoption is a more likely option.

She tells Britain’s Now magazine, "I do (want children). I’ll probably adopt because I think it’ll be in the next three to five years. I wouldn’t necessarily adopt from abroad like some celebs. I just want a healthy baby."

Abdul has been married twice, but didn’t have children with either actor Emilio Estevez or her second husband Brad Beckerman. Both unions were brief she split from The Breakfast Club star in 1994 after only two years of marriage, while her 1996 union with sportswear designer Beckerman ended in divorce in 1998.