More details about the separation.
Just weeks after the country music world was rocked by one of the highest-profile divorces in recent memory, with Jelly Roll and Bunnie Xo announcing their split after 10 years, Jon Pardi has just announced he will be divorcing his wife, Summer.
Taking to Instagram in a joint post, Jon and Summer announced that they will be ending their marriage:
“After much thought, we have made the difficult decision to end our marriage. Our daughters will always remain our highest priority and we are committed to moving forward with love and respect as co-parents.
Thank you for your understanding, support, and respect as we navigate these changes as a family.”
In the wake of the news, Jon announced on his Instagram story that he will be continuing his current stretch of shows throughout the summer. However, he explained that he will be taking a break from social media to better focus on himself and his family as he enters a new chapter of his life:
“While I navigate this next chapter, I’m going to take some time away social media to focus on myself and my family. Thanks to you all for the love and support. My team will handle posting for the time being. I’ll see you at the shows.”
The couple has been together since 2017, something Jon himself called “love at first sight.” Two years later, the two got engaged on the stage at Ryman Auditorium back in 2019. On November 21, 2020, they would marry at Saddle Woods Farm in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Since then, as alluded to in the post, they have had two daughters, Presley Fawn, who is three, and Sienna Grace, who will be turning two this month.
Throughout the years, Summer has starred in a plethora of music videos alongside the “Dirt On My Boots” singer, including “Heartache Medication” and, most recently, “Boots Off” earlier in the year.
There’s been a ton of speculation about the couple on social media over the past couple months, after internet sleuths picked up on the separation back in May based on the couple’s posts.
And as it turns out, they were right.
The divorce complaint, which was obtained and reviewed by Whiskey Riff, was filed by Summer back on May 12, 2026, and lists the date of separation as May 11, the day before she officially filed.
In the complaint, Summer cites irreconcilable differences as the grounds for divorce, which is basically a no-fault grounds in Tennessee that allows the court to grant a divorce without assigning blame when both parties agree to the separation. And she also requests that the court grant her primary custody of their two children:
“Wife would show that she is a fit and proper person to be designated as the primary residential parent of the parties’ minor children. The best interests and welfare of the minor children will be served by designating the Wife as the primary residential parent.”
And she also requests that the court order her husband to pay spousal support – more commonly known as alimony:
“Wife would show that she is in need of spousal support, including but not limited to pendente lite and permanent, and Husband has the ability to pay.”
(Pendente lite spousal support means that she’s requesting the court enter an order granting her alimony while the litigation is pending – i.e. she’s asking that he be ordered to pay her before the divorce is actually granted).
Summer Pardi is represented by Rose Palermo, the “divorce attorney to the stars” who is also representing Jelly Roll in his divorce, and has represented other high profile clients like Kelsea Ballerini, Kristin Cavallari, Conway Twitty, Wynonna Judd, and many, many more in their divorces.
Jon Pardi has not yet filed a response to the divorce complaint. The joint statement issued by the couple makes it sound like the separation is amicable, but we’ll just have to wait and see whether they’re able to reach a marital dissolution agreement to end their marriage or whether the case ends up in nasty litigation.
