Country singers Jason Isbell and Amanda Shires have divorced and fans are wondering why, as well as what has happened between the two. Here is all you need to know.
Why did Jason Isbell and Amanda Shires divorce?
Jason Isbell and Amanda Shires divorced due to marital problems.
As per a recent report from People Magazine on December 15th, 2023, Jason Isbell filed for divorce from Amanda Shires. This was two months before the two would have celebrated what would have been their 11th wedding anniversary.
Isbell and Shires have been suffering from marital problems since 2020, following the release of Jason Isbell’s album Reunions. This is despite their seemingly happy Instagram post on February 2023 celebrating their 10th anniversary.
Their marital problems were also documented in the 2023 documentary Running With Our Eyes Closed. The documentary showcased a scene in which Amanda Shires read an email she had sent to Isbell discussing marriage counseling.
Amanda Shires also opened up about her marriage troubles in a 2022 interview with People. Meanwhile, Jason Isbell opened up about how he pushed Amanda and his friends away during the making of Reunions in a New York Times Interview.
Amanda Shires also covered her and Jason Isbell’s marriage turbulence in the 2022 song “Fault Lines”. In an interview with Nashville Scene, Shires expressed that she and Isbell were experiencing a “difficult disconnect” and that she had poured those feelings into the lyrics of the song.
Jason Isbell and Amanda Shires have been strongly tied with one another both in their professional lives and personal lives ever since they married in February 2013. Amanda Shires played fiddle and provided backup vocals for Jason Isbell’s band The 400 Unit. The two share an eight-year-old daughter, Mercy Rose Isbell.
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