Aside from confirming her reconciliation with the former footballer in the first episode of her 'Diving in Deep with Sara Evan' podcast, the singer also addresses her husband's 2022 domestic violence arrest.
- Mar 22, 2024
AceShowbiz - Sara Evans and Jay Barker have reconciled. More than two years after filing for divorce from her husband, the "A Real Fine Place to Start" singer revealed that they have gotten back together.
The 53-year-old confirmed her relationship status in the first episode of her new podcast, "Diving in Deep with Sara Evans". She said she and Jay have rekindled their romance after she submitted the divorce paper in August 2021.
"We're so happy now, but I don't want anyone to think that I'm advocating staying in a relationship where you are ever, in your gut, you know that you need to exit the situation," she said. "Every woman needs to follow her gut on that and do what is best for her. I believe and I hope that I've done that."
In the Thursday, March 21 episode, Sara also addressed Jay's arrest. "It really scared me, and it scared all of us, especially my child that was with me," she stated. "So the friend of ours was driving me. We were getting ready to pull into the driveway, and... [Jay] had a verbal altercation with my child, who had never seen that side of him, ever. And it scared the s**t out of her."
"Then he jumped in his truck, and he [was] sort of backing up at a very high speed. I knew Jay, so I didn't feel the same way that my child felt. My child thought he was gonna plow our car down, that he was backing up towards our car, and that she was about to watch something horrific, or at the very least, an accident, which would have been his truck hitting my side of the car, where I was in the front seat," the musician, who shares daughters Audrey, 19, and Olivia, 21, and son Avery, 24, with ex-husband Craig Schelske, continued. "She was terrified."
Sara claimed her daughter called 911, and the cops eventually arrived after Jay had sped away. After the former football player left the scene, Sara said she tried to contact him to let him know police had shown up but was unable to reach him, and a warrant was issued for his arrest. The radio personality eventually went home and was arrested and spent the night in jail.
Several months later, when Sara was on tour, she received a text from Jay that read, "Everybody says that I shouldn't contact you, but you are still my wife." That was actually the start of their reconciliation.
According to Sara, her daughter initially couldn't accept the couple's reunion. However, after "a few long, really difficult discussions" between her and Jay, they finally mended fences.
