{"id":24774,"date":"2026-05-16T10:51:27","date_gmt":"2026-05-16T10:51:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/?p=24774"},"modified":"2026-05-16T10:51:27","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T10:51:27","slug":"hannah-harper-secretly-built-a-family-while-chasing-american-idol-fame-fans-are-shocked-to-discover-the-season-24-front-runner-has-been-married-since-18-raising-t","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/?p=24774","title":{"rendered":"HANNAH HARPER SECRETLY BUILT A FAMILY WHILE CHASING \u2018AMERICAN IDOL\u2019 FAME\u201d \u2014 Fans Are Shocked To Discover The Season 24 Front-Runner Has Been Married Since 18, Raising Three Kids With Husband Devon Mendenhall, And Hiding A Painful Personal Battle Behind Her Emotional Performances"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hannah Harper<\/strong>\u00a0is one of the final three contestants on\u00a0American Idol<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0season 24 and she\u2019s predicted to win the show.<\/p>\n

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\nthe 25 year-old singer has been open throughout the season about being a stay-at-home mother while also pursuing a music career.<\/div>\n

Hannah<\/strong>\u00a0began the season by auditioning with her original song \u201cString Cheese,\u201d which is about her battle with postpartum depression after the birth of her third child.<\/p>\n

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Who is Hannah Harper\u2019s husband? Meet Devon Mendenhall!<\/h3>\n

Hannah<\/strong>\u00a0got married to\u00a0Devon Mendenhall<\/strong>\u00a0in April 2018 when she was 18 years old.<\/p>\n

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Devon<\/strong>\u2018s Instagram page notes that he is a \u201cfishing addict\u201d and most of the posts show his adventures while fishing, including some trips with his kids.<\/p>\n

They have been sharing photos together since 2017!<\/p>\n

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\u201cMy prayers came true, the moment I met you,\u201d\u00a0Devon\u00a0<\/strong>captioned one post.<\/p>\n

In another post,\u00a0Devon\u00a0<\/strong>raved about\u00a0Hannah<\/strong>\u2018s beauty,\u00a0saying, \u201cWARNING. You may need to wear your eclipse glasses to look at this picture. Her smile is so bright it could burn your retina! Again please be careful looking at this beautiful lady. If looking at this picture it could cause blindness\/severe eye pain\/ or worst\u2026 in my case that same smile made me fall in love!!!\u201d<\/p>\n

Hannah Harper has three kids!<\/h3>\n

Hannah\u00a0<\/strong>is the mom of three kids. Her first son,\u00a0Jent<\/strong>ry, was born in April 2019. She welcomed two more boys in the years since.<\/p>\n

She opened up about spending Mother\u2019s Day 2026 away from her sons.<\/p>\n

\u201cTonight, I\u2019m extra emotional being away from my boys,\u201d\u00a0Hannah\u00a0<\/strong>said. \u201cI\u2019ll be keeping the tissues close and counting down the hours until I can wrap my babies up in my arms again.\u201d<\/p>\n

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All about Hannah Harper\u2019s original song about postpartum depression<\/h3>\n

Hannah\u00a0<\/strong>said on Idol, \u201cMy youngest is 1 and shortly after he was born I had postpartum depression. I was sitting on my couch wallowing. Everybody wants to touch you. I didn\u2019t want to be touched. I was just having a pity party, praying that the Lord would calm my spirit. And my son kept coming up to me saying, \u2018Mama open this. Open my cheese.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd I finally opened his cheese and when I did that God had put me in that place and where I was in my house was the biggest ministry I could have, and being a mom, so I gathered myself and I got up off the couch and I quit throwing a pity party and realized that was exactly what I wanted. I kind of kicked the postpartum depression in the butt, I said, \u2018I ain\u2019t doing it.\u2019 And I wrote this song called \u2018String Cheese,\u2019\u201d she added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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