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    <schemaVersion>X0304</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>4</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2011-12-14</periodOfReport>

    <notSubjectToSection16>0</notSubjectToSection16>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001519632</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>LRR Energy, L.P.</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>LRE</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001524901</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Lime Rock Resources B, L.P.</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>HERITAGE PLAZA</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>1111 BAGBY ST., STE. 4600</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>HOUSTON</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>TX</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>77002</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>1</isOther>
            <otherText>Director by Deputization</otherText>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common units representing limited partner interests</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2011-12-14</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>D</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionTimeliness>
                <value></value>
            </transactionTimeliness>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>56852</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>D</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>239230</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">In connection with the closing of the underwriters' over-allotment on December 14, 2011, LRR Energy, L.P. repurchased 56,852 common units (the &quot;Units&quot;) from Lime Rock Resources B, L.P. (the &quot;Reporting Person&quot;) at the price to public minus the underwriting discount and structuring fees.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks>The Reporting Person  is controlled indirectly by Jonathan C. Farber and John T. Reynolds. An affiliate of the Reporting Person, Lime Rock Management LP (&quot;LRM&quot;), has the right to appoint all of the directors to the Board of Directors (the &quot;Board&quot;) of LRE GP, LLC, the general partner of the Issuer.  Mr. Farber, in addition to the co-chief executive officers of the general partner of the Reporting Person, will serve on the Board as representatives of LRM.  Therefore, the Reporting Person may be deemed a director by deputization.</remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Kris Agarwal, as attorney-in-fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2011-12-16</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
