Kellie Pickler Speaks Out for the 1st Time Months After Husband’s Untimely Death at Their Home

• Kellie Pickler honored her late husband's memory by following his advice after his death.
• She considers one of their relationship milestones "the most spiritual moment."

Country star and radio host Kellie Pickler has been off the radio airwaves and social media since the death of her husband of 12 years, Kyle Jacobs. The producer died in their Nashville home on February 17, 2023.

In a rare signing three months later, she was spotted talking with friends outside the $2.4 million property. Workers were seen entering the home the same day and repainting what appeared to be the room he had died in.

The autopsy report confirmed that Jacobs died by suicide from a self-inflicted gunshot. While the toxicology reports found no drugs in his system, his past of "pseudoseizures, gastrointestinal bleeding, elevated liver enzymes, and chronic alcohol use" was noted in the report.

In his final social media post, Jacobs celebrated his friend and frequent collaborator Lee Brice's "Hey World," which he had a hand in, being certified platinum.

He had also worked with Tim McGraw on "Still," Kelly Clarkson, Josh Kelley, and Randy Travis, and wrote Garth Brooks' smash "More Than Memory," amongst others. He had been nominated for a Grammy, winning CMA and ACM awards.

Why Kellie Pickler Remained Quiet after the Death of Her Husband

"One of the most beautiful lessons my husband taught me was in a moment of a crisis, if you don't know what to do, do nothing, just be still," Pickler said in a media statement on Thursday, August 17, 2023. "I have chosen to heed his advice."

"Thank you to my family, friends, and supporters for the countless letters, calls, and messages that you have sent my way," the "American Idol" alum wrote:

"It has truly touched my soul, and it's helping me get through the darkest time in my life. As many of you have told me, you are all in my prayers."

Pickler announced plans to host an intimate memorial service for her late husband later in the fall, signing the message with, "Love & Blessings, Kellie."

Jacobs, a Minneapolis, Minnesota native, moved to the capital of country music, Nashville, in 2000. Pickler and Jacobs began writing songs together a day after they met in a bar in 2008, and their first foray into the studio produced the hit "Feeling Tonight."

On the song's release in 2015, Pickler revealed that she thought of her husband every time she sang it and that they still felt like newlyweds four years into their union.

Pickler experienced their engagement as "the most spiritual moment" before quipping that had a preacher walked by, they would have married right then. Jacobs popped the question on a Florida beach on June 15, 2010.

Instead, they sprung their wedding on fans on New Year's Day 2011 on a private Caribbean island. In a tweet a few days later, she marveled at how nice it was to be referred to as "Mrs. Jacobs."

The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is 1-800-273-8255. Other international suicide helplines can be found at befrienders.org.