Then he can watch some cartoons with our son, Jeff, who enjoys tucking Daddy in when Daddy can't hold his eyes open any longer. If your husband works a more traditional night shift, from 3 PM to 11 PM or 11 PM to 7 AM, there are more options for you. One is for the whole family to go on the night shift. If you don't have school-age children, this can work fine. Even if you can't completely switch over to nights, maybe you could sleep a bit later and stay up later, so that you can have some family time and couple time together, on at least one end of Daddy's shift.
Flexibility is very important when there's a night-worker in the household.
Not getting a break can be very difficult, but I have come to accept it as the norm. Perhaps you can discuss it with your husband, and he can find a way to take over with the boys when he is off so that you get some down time. A well-chosen video can occupy older children to give you a break while Dad's at work. Maybe a friend would be willing to have your children over to play once a week or so and you can take hers on another day. I simply don't allow loud yelling and commotion inside while my husband is asleep.