{"id":23083,"date":"2026-05-05T08:57:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T08:57:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/?p=23083"},"modified":"2026-05-05T08:57:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T08:57:09","slug":"kellie-pickler-speaks-out-for-the-first-time-since-the-loss-of-husband-kyle-jacobs-in-emotional-tribute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/?p=23083","title":{"rendered":"Kellie Pickler Speaks Out For The First Time Since The Loss Of Husband Kyle Jacobs In Emotional Tribute"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"article-header\">\n<div class=\"article-meta article-meta-upper\">\n<h2 class=\"sub-headline speakable\">The country star and her producer husband, Kyle Jacobs, were married on New Year\u2019s Day in 2011<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article-content-wrap sticky-columns\">\n<div class=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"hedgehog-container\">\n<div class=\"reaction-block\" data-v-0b473892=\"\">\n<div class=\"font-provider\" data-v-0b473892=\"\">\n<div class=\"theme-provider theme-fox theme-light\">\n<div data-v-0b473892=\"\">\n<div class=\"reactions-container\" data-v-a5222128=\"\" data-v-0b473892=\"\">\n<div data-v-a5222128=\"\">\n<div class=\"compact-reactions not-embedded-mode\" data-v-ccdbad23=\"\" data-v-a5222128=\"\">\n<div class=\"container\" data-v-ccdbad23=\"\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\">\n<div class=\"featured featured-video video-ct\" data-v-324c3b57=\"\">\n<div class=\"contain\" data-v-324c3b57=\"\">\n<div class=\"info\" data-v-324c3b57=\"\">\n<div class=\"caption\" data-v-324c3b57=\"\">\n<p data-v-324c3b57=\"\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"speakable\">Kellie Pickler has broken her silence after her husband Kyle Jacobs\u2019 death by suicide.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-3\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"speakable\">\u201cOne of the most beautiful lessons my husband taught me was in a moment of a crisis, if you don\u2019t know what to do, \u2018Do nothing, just be still.\u2019 I have chosen to heed his advice,\u201d the\u00a0country star\u00a0said in a statement to People magazine on Thursday.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-4\"><\/div>\n<p>She continued, \u201cThank you to my family, friends and supporters, for the countless letters, calls and messages that you have sent my way.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-5\"><\/div>\n<p>The American Idol Alum said the support \u201chas truly touched my soul and it\u2019s helping me get through the darkest time in my life. As many of you have told me, you are all in my prayers.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/343\/192\/GettyImages-825299980.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/686\/384\/GettyImages-825299980.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/672\/378\/GettyImages-825299980.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/1344\/756\/GettyImages-825299980.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/931\/523\/GettyImages-825299980.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/1862\/1046\/GettyImages-825299980.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/720\/405\/GettyImages-825299980.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/1440\/810\/GettyImages-825299980.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/1200\/675\/GettyImages-825299980.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Kellie Pickler with Kyle Jacobs\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" \/><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>Kellie Pickler\u2019s husband Kyle Jacobs died by suicide . (Daniel Zuchnik\/WireImage)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The singer is also planning an \u201cintimate memorial for my husband, which will happen later this fall,\u201d adding \u201cthat is what Kyle would have wanted. Love &amp; Blessings, Kellie,\u201d\u00a0she told People.<\/p>\n<p>Pickler and the songwriter\/producer were married in 2011 in a surprise\u00a0New Year\u2019s Day ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0\u201cAmerican Idol\u201d\u00a0alum shared numerous loving posts dedicated to Jacobs, whom she\u2019s called \u201cmy love,\u201d over the years.<\/p>\n<p>In 2016, she shared a sweet birthday post for Jacobs on her Instagram, writing, \u201cHappy birthday to my loving husband and best friend. You are truly my greatest treasure\u2026 I love you so much!\u201d<\/p>\n<div><iframe id=\"instagram-embed-0\" class=\"instagram-media instagram-media-rendered\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BHJJgg4g_Pz\/embed\/captioned\/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=540&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com&amp;rp=%2Fentertainment%2Fkellie-pickler-breaks-silence-after-husbands-death-darkest-time#%7B%22ci%22%3A0%2C%22os%22%3A2873%2C%22ls%22%3A1245%2C%22le%22%3A2600%7D\" height=\"853\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-instgrm-payload-id=\"instagram-media-payload-0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-origwidth=\"\" data-origheight=\"853\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>A year later, Pickler posted about\u00a0how he proposed\u00a0to her.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne of the most special days in my life will always be June 15th\u2026 It is my grandmother\u2019s birthday and it\u2019s also the day my husband Kyle proposed,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Pickler said the two of them were in Florida\u2019s Rosemary Beach in 2010 on what he said was just a \u201cvacation.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/343\/192\/Kellie-Pickler_Kyle-Jacobs_2017.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/686\/384\/Kellie-Pickler_Kyle-Jacobs_2017.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/672\/378\/Kellie-Pickler_Kyle-Jacobs_2017.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/1344\/756\/Kellie-Pickler_Kyle-Jacobs_2017.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/931\/523\/Kellie-Pickler_Kyle-Jacobs_2017.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/1862\/1046\/Kellie-Pickler_Kyle-Jacobs_2017.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/720\/405\/Kellie-Pickler_Kyle-Jacobs_2017.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/1440\/810\/Kellie-Pickler_Kyle-Jacobs_2017.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/1200\/675\/Kellie-Pickler_Kyle-Jacobs_2017.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Kellie Pickler kisses husband Kyle Jacobs at an event in 2017\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" \/><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>Kyle Jacobs and Kellie Pickler were married from 2011 until his death in 2023.\u00a0(Taylor Hill\/FilmMagic)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cThat evening, after a romantic dinner, we took a sunset stroll on the beach\u2026 Little did I know, he had secretly planted a small wooden box in the sand,\u201d she gushed. \u201cIt looked like it had washed up from sea, but upon opening it, I found a true treasure\u2026 Inside contained a journal that Kyle had written for me, a seashell with my Grandmother\u2019s name \u2018Faye\u2019 written on it, and a beautiful engagement ring.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pickler said after he got down on one knee and she screamed \u201cYES!!!\u201d they watched the sunset \u201cslowly paint a colorful end to a beautiful day\u2026 What was so incredible is that Kyle didn\u2019t realize that THAT day, was also my grandmother\u2019s birthday. It was like my beautiful angel, the one I call mom, was giving us her blessing\u2026 So, Kyle and I like to celebrate June 15th as a couple\u2026 Still and forever crazy in love\u2026 It\u2019s\u00a0#OurDay.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/343\/192\/kellie-pickler-kyle-jacobs.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/686\/384\/kellie-pickler-kyle-jacobs.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/672\/378\/kellie-pickler-kyle-jacobs.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/1344\/756\/kellie-pickler-kyle-jacobs.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/931\/523\/kellie-pickler-kyle-jacobs.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/1862\/1046\/kellie-pickler-kyle-jacobs.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/720\/405\/kellie-pickler-kyle-jacobs.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/1440\/810\/kellie-pickler-kyle-jacobs.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/1200\/675\/kellie-pickler-kyle-jacobs.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Kellie Pickler smiling with Kyle Jacobs\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" \/><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>The couple started dating after meeting at a bar in 2008.\u00a0(Kevin Mazur\/ACMA2017\/Getty Images for ACM)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Jacobs was found dead in his home from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head on Feb. 17 after Pickler woke up and was unable to find him.<\/p>\n<p>She called 911 when she couldn\u2019t open the door to an upstairs room where he was eventually found. He was 49.<\/p>\n<p>Jacobs moved to Nashville, Tennessee, in 2000. In 2004, he worked as a co-writer on \u201cAmerican Idol\u201d alum Kimberly Locke\u2019s No. 1 single \u201c8th World Wonder.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He went on to co-write Garth Brooks\u2019 2007 hit \u201cMore Than a Memory,\u201d which became the first song to debut at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart in its history.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/343\/192\/kellie-pickler-kyle-jacobs-2.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/686\/384\/kellie-pickler-kyle-jacobs-2.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/672\/378\/kellie-pickler-kyle-jacobs-2.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/1344\/756\/kellie-pickler-kyle-jacobs-2.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/931\/523\/kellie-pickler-kyle-jacobs-2.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/1862\/1046\/kellie-pickler-kyle-jacobs-2.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/720\/405\/kellie-pickler-kyle-jacobs-2.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/1440\/810\/kellie-pickler-kyle-jacobs-2.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/1200\/675\/kellie-pickler-kyle-jacobs-2.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Kellie Pickler kissing Kyle Jacobs\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" \/><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>Kellie Pickler said she had no idea who Kyle Jacobs was when she saw him across a crowded Nashville bar, but felt she had to know \u201ceverything\u201d about him.\u00a0(Alessio Botticelli\/GC Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Despite their \u201cAmerican Idol\u201d connection \u2014 Pickler placed sixth on the show in 2006 \u2014 the couple actually met at a Nashville bar in 2008.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI didn\u2019t know who he was or what he did,\u201d Pickler told \u201cThe Real\u201d in 2015. \u201cWe just locked eyes and I went, \u2018I gotta know everything about this person.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The couple also had their own MTV reality series,\u00a0\u201cI Love Kellie Pickler,\u201d from 2015 to 2017.<\/p>\n<p>Jacobs had penned songs for Pickler, George Strait,\u00a0Kelly Clarkson, Clay Walker, Randy Travis, Scott McCreery, Josh Kelley, Jo Dee Messina and Craig Morgan.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/343\/192\/kellie-pickler-kyle-jacobs.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/686\/384\/kellie-pickler-kyle-jacobs.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/672\/378\/kellie-pickler-kyle-jacobs.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/1344\/756\/kellie-pickler-kyle-jacobs.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/931\/523\/kellie-pickler-kyle-jacobs.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/1862\/1046\/kellie-pickler-kyle-jacobs.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/720\/405\/kellie-pickler-kyle-jacobs.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/1440\/810\/kellie-pickler-kyle-jacobs.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/1200\/675\/kellie-pickler-kyle-jacobs.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Kellie Pickler Kyle Jacobs red carpet\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" \/><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>Kellie Pickler and her husband Kyle Jacobs starred in their own MTV reality show, \u201cI Love Kellie Pickler,\u201d from 2015 to 2017.\u00a0(Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>As a record producer, he had three No. 1 singles for Lee Brice, including 2012\u2019s \u201cHard to Love,\u201d \u201cI Drive Your Truck\u201d and \u201cDrinking Class.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The country star and her producer husband, Kyle Jacobs, were married on New Year\u2019s Day in 2011 Kellie Pickler has broken her silence after her husband Kyle&#8230; 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