County singer Sara Evans filed for divorced from her estranged husband, former University of Alabama quarterback Jay Barker.
Four months before he was arrested in Nashville for allegedly trying to hit her with his car.
Barker, 49, was arrested on Saturday and charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon stemming from his suspected attempt to mow down his wife of 12 years.
Why is Sara Evans getting divorced?
Evans and Barker actually separated in April, according to the documents obtained by Scoop Nashville.
In the months leading up to the Aug. 24 divorce filing, Barker was living in Homewood, Ala., a suburb of Birmingham.
Barker works as the mid-day show host at Tide 100.9 in Tuscaloosa, Ala. Tide 100.9 is owned by Taste of Country’s parent company, Townsquare Media.
The couple married in 2008 and have lived in both Alabama and Tennessee since.
They don’t have kids together, but both have children from their respective first marriages.
Prior to getting married, Evans and Barker agreed that the reasons for any divorce would be “kept private to the extent possible.”
