Kyle Jacobs, a musician and husband of singer Kellie Pickler, has passed away. He was 49.
The Nashville Metropolitan Police Department said Friday in a statement to hollywood reporter that Jacobs’ death is being investigated as an apparent suicide.
Police say emergency personnel found Jacobs’ body at the couple’s home in Nashville after receiving a 911 call. “Mr. Jacobs’ wife, Kellie Pickler, reported that she woke up earlier briefly, did not see her husband and began looking for him,” according to the statement. “After she and her personal assistant were unable to open the bedroom/office door upstairs, the assistant called for 911.”
Jacobs and Pickler married in 2011 after being introduced by a mutual friend a few years earlier. The couple also participated in a reality TV show I love Kellie Pickler on CMT, which ran for three seasons from 2015 to 2017.
Jacobs co-wrote Garth Brooks’ 2007 chart-topping single “More Than a Memory,” as well as Tim McGraw’s “Still” and Eli Young Band’s “Dust.” During his career, he also created some of Lee Brice’s top hits, including “I Drive Your Truck,” Rumor,” “Hard to Love,” and “Drinking Class.” Other artists who have recorded his songs include Trace Adkins, Jo Dee Messina, Craig Morgan and Scotty McCreery.
Pickler competed in the fifth season of American Idol and finished in sixth place. In 2006, she released her debut album, Small Street Girl. Based on billboardsthen she entered the top 10 hits on billboardsher Country Airplay chart with “The Best Days of Your Life,” from her 2008 album of the same name. The singer released her last album The woman I am in 2013.
