Kellie Pickler, Husband Kyle Jacobs’ Relationship Timeline (2025)

Kellie Pickler and husband Kyle Jacobs bonded over their musical backgrounds — but they chose to take their time before getting hitched.The American Idol alum met her future husband in the mid-2000s through a mutual friend. While playing Us Weekly’s “Newlywed Game” in December 2015, the couple both recalled Jacobs’ pickup line as, “Hi, I’m Kyle. I’m a songwriter.”Pickler joked about her reaction, telling Us, “I was like, ‘Great,’” with an eye roll. “No, we started writing the next day,” she added.Us confirmed in June 2010 that Jacobs got down on one knee after dating for more than two years.Nearly four years later, the couple were hit by tragedy when Jacobs died by apparent suicide in February 2023.“Officers and Nashville Fire Department personnel responded and located resident Kyle Jacobs, 49, deceased from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound in an upstairs bedroom/office,” the Metropolitan Nashville Police said in a statement to Variety at the time. Pickler was reportedly home when the incident took place.Scroll down to see Pickler and Jacob’s love story from the beginning:

The twosome met through mutual friends.

The couple tied the knot in Antigua on New Year’s Day.

Us confirmed that Jacobs proposed in Florida at sunset.

“Time to celebrate!! My husband produced Lee Brice's song ‘I Drive Your Truck’ — It won 'Song of the Year' at the ACM Awards! #Yay #ProudWife :),” Pickler gushed via social media.

The lovebirds showed off their goofy side while on vacation in the Bahamas.

The pair teamed up to costar on CMT’s I Love Kellie Pickler. The reality series ran for three seasons, ending in 2017.

The duo played Us Weekly’s “Newlywed Game” and teased what fans could expect from the upcoming I Love Kellie Pickler Show. “It’s kind of the crazy things that Kellie gets herself into, and I kind of have to get her out of it,” Jacobs explained to Us at the time. “It honestly is nothing but love and laughter . . . we love our marriage, and our marriage is always No. 1.”

“Merry Christmas from Iraq! 🎄 Spending the holidays with our service men and women! #USO,” Pickler wrote via Instagram.

The singer and songwriter jetted off to Alaska.

When asked about wanting to have children, Pickler exclusively told Us, “We’re dog parents for now.”

“I love being Aunt Kellie and that is perfect for me,” the North Carolina native exclusively told Us in August 2020 during a game of “Quarantine Confessions.” She joked that she needed “another drink” to consider expanding her family, asking if the coronavirus pandemic baby boom is “really a thing.”

News broke on February 17 that Jacobs died at the age of 49. According to a statement from Metropolitan Nashville Police, the “Little Bit Gypsy” songwriter died by apparent suicide at the couple’s home.

“Nashville’s Department of Emergency Communications received a 911 call at 1:21 p.m. Friday from a home on Sneed Road in the police department’s West Precinct. Officers and Nashville Fire Department personnel responded and located resident Kyle Jacobs, 49, deceased from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound in an upstairs bedroom/office,” the department’s statement read. “Mr. Jacobs’ wife, Kellie Pickler, reported that she awoke a short time earlier, did not see her husband, and began looking for him. After she and her personal assistant were unable to open the door to the upstairs bedroom/office, the assistant telephoned 911.”

Five months after Jacobs’ death, Pickler broke her silence.

“One of the most beautiful lessons my husband taught me was in a moment of a crisis if you don’t know what to do, ‘do nothing, just be still.’ I have chosen to heed his advice,” she said in an August 2023 statement to People. “Thank you to my family, friends, and supporters, for the countless letters, calls, and messages that you have sent my way. It has truly touched my soul and it’s helping me get through the darkest time in my life. As many of you have told me, you are all in my prayers.”

The following year, Pickler entered a legal battle with Jacobs’ parents, who are the co-administrators of their late son’s estate. The family allegedly demanded that Pickler hand over certain personal items that belonged to Jacobs. The singer denied having the items and accused Jacobs’ parents of removing certain items from her home without her knowledge.

Pickler filed a motion order requiring her in-laws to identify the items that they obtained from her home. Jacobs’ parents later claimed they received an “express invitation” from Pickler and her legal team to retrieve some of their son’s items.

Picker was later granted a protective order.

Pickler’s legal battle with her in-laws continued as Jacobs’ parents filed a subpoena against the funeral home for information about Jacobs’ funeral and cremation. The funeral home has allegedly refused to comply with the request and has not filed an objection.

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