An ideal love. Kellie Pickler and husband Kyle Jacobs have been collectively for over a decade earlier than his tragic loss of life — and shared a life stuffed with laughter and music.
Whereas Pickler has been a blonde bombshell of nation music since her time on American Idol, Jacobs made his personal mark within the leisure business behind the scenes. As an award-winning songwriter, he and the North Carolina native typically labored collectively on bringing her songs to life.
“[Our relationship] is actually particular in the truth that we get to write down collectively and Kyle produces me and whatnot,” Pickler mentioned throughout a 2017 episode of BUILD whereas discussing her track “My Angel,” which was created to honor her late grandmother. “It was stunning to see the track come to life.”
Jacobs, for his half, mentioned the observe “turned out to be actually particular” because of the pair attending to collaborate with their respective mutual abilities.
The couple first met within the early 2000s by way of a mutual good friend — and the Minnesota native didn’t hesitate to boast about his abilities when making an attempt to win the Mistletoe Secret star over.
Throughout an interview with Us Weekly in December 2015, the duo recalled Jacobs’ first pickup line: “Hello, I’m Kyle. I’m a songwriter.”
On the time, Pickler joked about her response, telling Us, “I used to be like, ‘Nice,’” with an eyeroll. “No, we began writing the subsequent day,” she added.
The lovebirds acquired engaged in July 2010. After initially planning a big Nashville marriage ceremony, nevertheless, they determined final minute to jet off to Antigua for a low-key ceremony on New 12 months’s Day in 2011.
“It was good, as a result of we didn’t plan something,” Pickler advised Us the next month. “I packed the marriage gown and he packed an outfit. We flew there and we didn’t know what sort of cake we have been going to get. We didn’t know what meals we have been going to have … it was probably the most unbelievable day of my life.”
In November 2015, they starred collectively in a self-described I Love Lucy actuality sequence on CMT aptly titled I Love Kelly Pickler. Jacobs advised Us on the time that the present highlighted the most effective features of their completely happy union.
“We love our marriage is primary, it all the time will probably be No. 1. However one in every of our favourite issues that we are able to do is snicker. And we need to present that to individuals,” he gushed.
I Love Kellie Pickler ran for 3 seasons earlier than ending in October 2017, however the couple continued to doc their love for each other till Jacobs’ tragic loss of life in February 2023.
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