COUNTRY music singer Jana Kramer was married to Mike Caussin from 2015 to 2021.
After six years of marriage, the couple called it quits and went through a nasty divorce.
Mike Caussin, 35, is known as a former American football tight end who played for multiple NFL teams throughout his short career.
Prior to being drafted, Caussin played college football for James Madison University and later signed with the Jacksonville Jaguars after graduating.
Shortly after signing, Caussin was cut by the team and went on to play for the Buffalo Bills but was waived by the team in 2013, moving him to sign with the Washington Football Team a year later.
He retired from the NFL after suffering multiple injuries, including ones to his knee, hip, and ACL.
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Caussin and Kramer first started dating in August 2014 and fell in love rather quickly.
By December of the same year, Caussin proposed on Kramer’s 31st birthday and the couple tied the knot five months later on May 22, 2015.
After their speedy wedding, the two started a family right away and announced their first pregnancy on August 10, 2015.
In January 2016, they welcomed their first child, a daughter named Jolie Rae.
Shortly after the birth of their daughter, the couple started to have problems and in August 2016, it was revealed they had separated after Caussin had allegedly cheated on Kramer with multiple women.
Following their separation, Caussin sought treatment for sex addiction, and after completing an in-patient program, the couple renewed their vows in 2017 and welcomed their second child, Jace Joseph, the following year.
Kramer filed for divorce citing irreconcilable differences in April 2021, and it was finalized in July.
The U.S. Sun exclusively revealed the final decree made available, which read in part: “ORDERED, ADJUDGED and DECREED that that Wife, Jana Rae Caussin, is hereby awarded an absolute divorce from Husband, Michael John Caussin, on the grounds of irreconcilable differences.”
In their permanent parenting plan order, the exes were not allowed “to speak badly of each other or the members of the family of the other parent.”
In terms of child support, Kramer was ordered to pay Caussin $3,200 and was awarded primary custody.
Following their divorce, Kramer opened up about co-parenting with the former athlete and said she wanted to have a good system in place.
However, in February 2022 Kramer said that was no longer possible and told US Weekly their relationship “isn’t fabulous.”
Kramer told the outlet that she and Caussin don’t talk unless it is regarding their children.
“It’s one of those things where, hopefully in time, we can [get along].
“We’re doing an OK job. I’ll just say this: I’m doing my part in what I can do to be a good co-parent, and … he has to deal with his own side of things. If he doesn’t want to be good at co-parenting, that’s his thing,” she said.
Caussin gets Jolie and Jace every Wednesday and every other weekend with the kids spending the rest of their time with Kramer.
“It’s very hard,” Kramer told US Weekly in a separate interview. “I never wanted it to be in this situation, it’s important to know that we’re better off and to own when frustrations do come up.”
She added: “It is hard, but the kids deserve us to be happy around each other because that’s what they deserve.”
Less than half a year after Kramer’s divorce she started dating former Navy SEAL Ian Schinelli.
Speculations that they were dating surfaced after Kramer posted a photo on Instagram of her and Schinelli vacationing in the Florida Keys.
However, it wasn’t until a month later that she officially confirmed via Instagram that they were dating.
“Sometimes you just have to stop fighting it and listen to your heart,” she wrote in the caption, adding: “I don’t know what the future holds, and honestly, who does?
“Every day I continue to heal and I know there is still lots of work to do, but damn it feels really nice to find happiness along the way.
“To find someone who doesn’t look at your scars as a challenge or problem but rather helps you hold them and stands there to encourage you with love, strength, and empathy along the way,” she concluded.
Despite her initial excitement, their relationship did not last and ended abruptly in May 2022.
Schinelli said he ended the relationship because of “toxicity” and “manipulation” that allegedly occurred.
He told US Weekly that he had “tried to remain silent” while speculation about their breakup surfaced online, but he believed it was time to speak out.
“I walked away from her,” he said. “There were certain things that were not good for me.
“I had talked to a few people and realized that there was just a very strong, anxious attachment she has, and this may be due in part to her ex, which okay, be that as it may, it went on for the entire relationship.
“I got to a breaking point where I just could not handle it because I had tried — I truly did. I really do care about her, and I still do, but it got to a point where I had to walk away.”
