{"id":855,"date":"2026-05-05T14:08:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T14:08:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/kellie-pickler-returns-to-american-idol-stage-3-years-after-husbands-shocking-death\/"},"modified":"2026-05-05T14:08:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T14:08:08","slug":"kellie-pickler-returns-to-american-idol-stage-3-years-after-husbands-shocking-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/kellie-pickler-returns-to-american-idol-stage-3-years-after-husbands-shocking-death\/","title":{"rendered":"Kellie Pickler returns to &#8216;American Idol&#8217; stage 3 years after husband&#8217;s shocking death"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/05\/127059084.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Kellie Pickler made a rare return to \u201cAmerican Idol\u201d three years after her husband, Kyle Jacobs, <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2023\/02\/17\/kellie-picklers-husband-kyle-jacobs-dead-by-suicide-at-age-49\/\">died by suicide<\/a> in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday night, the \u201cRed High Heels\u201d singer took the stage to duet with Hannah Harper, who is in the Top 5 of this season\u2019s competition series. <\/p>\n<p>The women sang Martina McBride\u2019s \u201cA Broken Wing\u201d for the 20th reunion of the 2006 cast, in which Pickler originally competed.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Kellie Pickler (pictured right) returned to the \u201cAmerican Idol\u201d stage three years after her husband, Kyle Jacobs, died. <span class=\"credit\">Disney via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>The \u201cRed High Heels\u201d singer took the stage to duet with Hannah Harper (pictured left). <span class=\"credit\">Disney via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m an antique\u00a0\u2018Idol\u2019\u00a0dustin\u2019 off,\u201d Pickler said after the performance, telling Harper, \u201cBeing able to share the stage with you has been such a blessing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The judges were wowed by their performance, with Lionel Richie telling the ladies, \u201cAll I can say is, the perfect voice blend and complement. The two of you make one dynamic performance. Incredible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pickler, 39, has been living a low-key life since Jacobs <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2023\/05\/09\/kellie-picklers-late-husband-kyle-jacobs-cause-of-death-confirmed\/\">died from a self-inflicted gunshot<\/a> wound inside their Nashville home in February 2023. He was 49.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>They sang Martina McBride\u2019s \u201cA Broken Wing\u201d for the 20th reunion of the 2006 cast. (Pictured: Taylor Hicks, Carrie Underwood, Pickler, Paris Bennett and Elliott Yamin at \u201cAmerican Idol.\u201d) <span class=\"credit\">Disney via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Pickler\u2019s husband (seen above in 2017) died by suicide in their shared Nashville home in February 2023. <span class=\"credit\">WireImage<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A day before the songwriter took his own life, he commemorated the success of country music star Lee Brice\u2019s fifth album, \u201cHey World,\u201d which went platinum. Jacobs had produced the project.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPlatinum?! SWEEEET!!! An amazing crew of incredibly talented peeps put this one together,\u201d the songwriter\u00a0captioned the post\u00a0on Thursday, one day before he\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2023\/02\/17\/kellie-picklers-husband-kyle-jacobs-dead-by-suicide-at-age-49\/\">died by apparent suicide<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Pickler and Jacobs tied the knot in 2011 and did not share any children. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>The songstress (seen above with her husband at the 2017 CMT Music Awards) has mostly stayed out of the spotlight since Jacobs\u2019 death. <span class=\"credit\">WireImage<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Pickler\u2019s last public performance was during a\u00a0Patsy Cline\u00a0tribute\u00a0in 2024 (as seen above). <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The couple starred in their own CMT reality show,\u00a0\u201cI Love Kellie Pickler,\u201d\u00a0for three seasons from 2015 to 2017.<\/p>\n<p>Pickler\u2019s last public performance was during a\u00a0Patsy Cline\u00a0tribute\u00a0in 2024.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>If you or someone you know is affected by any of the issues raised in this story, call or text the Suicide &amp; Crisis Lifeline at 988.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/05\/celebrity-news\/kellie-pickler-returns-to-american-idol-stage-3-years-after-husbands-shocking-death\/\" target=\"_blank\">Source link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kellie Pickler made a rare return to \u201cAmerican Idol\u201d three years after her husband, Kyle<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":856,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-855","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/127059084.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/855","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=855"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/855\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/856"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=855"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=855"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=855"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}