Tragic information at this time out of Hollywood:

Kyle Jacobs — the husband of former American Idol standout Kellie Picker — was discovered lifeless after an obvious suicide on the couple’s Tennessee house on February 17, the Metropolitan Nashville Police Division have confirmed in an announcement.

He was 49 years outdated.

Based on the official report, officers have been referred to as to Pickler’s residence round 1:21 p.m. after she awoke and couldn’t discover her partner.

Pickler and her private assistant have been then unable to open the door to a bed room/workplace upstairs, at which era they dialed 911.

Police and the Nashville Hearth Division arrived on the location and located the songwriter “deceased from an obvious self-inflicted gunshot wound,” they mentioned within the assertion, including:

“His demise is being investigated as an obvious suicide.”

A singer/songwriter himself, Jacobs shared a celebratory Instagram submit the day earlier than he died in regard to the success of Lee Brice’s fifth studio album.

“Platinum?! SWEEEET!!! A tremendous crew of extremely proficient peeps put this one collectively” wrote Jacobs as a caption on this submit, as you possibly can see beneath.

All through his profession, Jacobs received a CMA Award, an ACM Award and was nominated for a Grammy Award.

He and Pickler began relationship in 2008, bought engaged in June 2010 after which bought married on New 12 months’s Day 2011.

“It was probably the most non secular second.” Pickler, a former finalist on American Idol, beforehand mentioned of the proposal.

“We’d’ve gotten married that night time had there been a preacher strolling by!”

Days after getting exchanging vows, Pickler tweeted:

“Personal Island. Caribbean. Cigar in a single hand, Rum within the different. Somebody simply referred to as me “Mrs. Jacobs.”….sounds good :)”

The couple, who didn’t have any youngsters, starred on three seasons of their CMT actuality present, I Love Kellie Pickler, from 2015 to 2017.

This system chronicles Pickler and Jacobs’ marriage as they juggled private life and their skilled lives.

“We simply do every thing we will simply to be actual,” Jacobs advised Yahoo’s BUILD collection in 2017. “We love laughing via life. We love to try this, and that’s what the present is. Our present is love and laughter.”

Jacobs — who penned songs for Garth Brooks and Tim McGraw — added on the time:

“There’s all the time stresses in life…and I believe when you [and] particularly along with your important different can giggle at numerous it and giggle via it, then you definately’re in a great spot.”

We ship our condolences to the buddies, relations and family members of Kyle Jacobs. Could he relaxation in peace.