Kellie Pickler’s husband, Kyle Jacobs, has reportedly died at the age of 49.
“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. His death is being investigated as an apparent suicide,” the Metropolitan Nashville Police said in a statement to Variety on Friday, February 17. “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.”
TMZ first reported that an unidentified man committed suicide at the Nashville home of the country singer, 36. A rep for The Nashville Police Department told the outlet that they got a call in the afternoon about a man who shot himself on the American Idol alum’s property.
Pickler and Jacobs have been married since 2011 when the pair decided to elope in the Caribbean after being engaged for less than a year. The twosome went on to have their own reality show titled I Love Kellie Pickler, which premiered on CMT in 2015. The series showcased their relationship.
Jacobs was a songwriter and worked with many country musicians including his wife.
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