Gibbard became engaged to actress and musician
Zooey Deschanel in 2008 and they married in September 2009 near
Seattle. They announced their separation on November 1, 2011, with Deschanel filing for divorce on December 27, citing irreconcilable differences. The divorce was finalized on December 12, 2012. Gibbard later married photographer and tour manager Rachel Demy on October 21, 2016, in Seattle. The couple separated in 2023. In a 2003 interview, Gibbard stated that while he was previously a
vegan, he recently became a
pescetarian. He reportedly quit alcohol in 2008 and began running marathons. He ran his first trail
ultramarathon in 2013 and has since completed several each year. On June 2, 2025, he completed the 100-mile
Western States Endurance Run. Gibbard is a lapsed Catholic who now identifies as
agnostic: "I don't want to falsely believe in something solely so I can jump to the front of the line for whatever this awesome place is we go after we die. [...] The vastness of that idea is so beyond my comprehension that I feel like if there was a God, then that God would accept me saying I'm not able to believe because it's so outside of my ability to understand it. I understand that's where faith comes into play." Gibbard has been a fan of the
MLB's
Seattle Mariners since the age of five and has thrown the first pitch at two Mariners games. When the Mariners traded
Ichiro Suzuki to the
New York Yankees in 2012, Gibbard honored him by writing and releasing the song "Ichiro's Theme". Gibbard's handwritten lyrics for the song are archived at the
National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in
Cooperstown, New York. In 2024, Gibbard performed the national anthem at the Mariners'
Opening Day game at
T-Mobile Park. == Politics ==