In 2017, Staton got married to Henry Hooper. There is no information about Hooper on the internet as he has kept his life away from the media.

In Europe, Staton’s biggest-selling record is the anthemic “You Got the Love” from 1986, released in collaboration with the Source.

In 1982, Staton returned to gospel music. Staton and her then-husband, John Sussewell, founded Beracah Ministries in Atlanta, Georgia, with help from Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker’s PTL Ministries. Staton has since recorded twelve gospel albums, two of which received Grammy Award nominations.

Staton appears on the United Nations Register of Entertainers, Actors and Others Who Have Performed in Apartheid South Africa. Creatively, Candi has moved between soul and R&B, gospel, disco and even EDM before returning to her roots as an elder stateswoman.