How Jana Kramer Reacted to Finding a Photo of Another Woman on Her Husband's Phone

From Country Living

  • Country star Jana Kramer and former NFL player Michael Caussin started dating in August 2014.

  • They married in May 2015.

  • They separated in August 2016 after Mike entered rehab for sex addiction.

  • The couple reunited and renewed their vows in December 2017.

  • In October 2019, Jana found a photo of a topless woman on her husband’s phone.


In the past, Jana Kramer and Michael Caussin’s roller coaster romance has been plagued by betrayals and lies. But now, after weathering an incident involving a photo of a topless woman, the country singer says her marriage with the former NFL tight end, 32, is stronger than ever. Let’s take a look back at Jana, 35, and Mike’s relationship timeline—and how they made it through their latest rocky patch.

How Jana Kramer and Mike Caussin met.

Jana and Mike’s whirlwind romance began in the summer of 2014. After just four months of dating, Mike proposed to Jana on her 31st birthday in December. “It was a beautiful surprise,” the country singer and former One Tree Hill star said in a statement at the time. “He was the perfect gentleman.”

Photo credit: Jeff Kravitz
Photo credit: Jeff Kravitz

The couple wed in an outdoor ceremony in Charlottesville, Virginia, on May 22, 2015. “What a surreal feeling to have married my best friend,” Mike tweeted after their wedding.

Jana and Mike separated in 2016.

After welcoming daughter Jolie in January 2016, Jana and Mike separated the following August, announcing that he had entered a rehabilitation facility for undisclosed reasons. It was later revealed that Mike was seeking treatment for sex addiction after cheating on his wife seven months after their daughter was born.

But they renewed their vows a year later.

Jana and Mike ultimately worked through their issues and renewed their wedding vows in December 2017 in Hawaii.

“2017……..you broke my heart, you broke me down, you made me question everything, but damn did you make me strong. You taught me patience, you taught me family was everything. You made me believe not only in myself but the power of forgiveness. You turned me into the woman I always wanted to be,” Jana wrote on Instagram, alongside photos of the couple’s vow renewal ceremony.

November 2018 brought another bright spot in their marriage as Jana and Mike welcomed their second child, a son named Jace.

In March 2019, the couple opened up about Mike’s treatment and the troubles in their marriage during a candid episode of their podcast, Whine Down with Jana Kramer and Mike Caussin.

Mike explained that he had been “in the 12-step program of sex addiction” for almost three years, and that he was “approaching a year [of] sobriety next week.”

Mike admitted that he’d had “relapses” since beginning treatment, “but no sex outside the marriage.” Jana added that there wasn’t a “physical” betrayal but suggested that her husband had been unfaithful in some other way.

Where do Jana and Mike stand now?

In October 2019, Jana and Mike revealed on their podcast that Jana had recently discovered a topless photo of a woman on her husband’s phone. The former NFL player claimed he didn’t know the woman and said he “panicked” when he received the text and quickly deleted it. Jana later found the photo on his Apple Watch.

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Today is a tough one. Our podcast episode that aired this morning was one we almost didn’t let air at all. Up until a day ago mike and I wanted to pull the episode completely and just not have an episode for today because it was that heavy for us. Honestly the day we recorded I wanted nothing to do with “work”. I wanted to text our producer and make up some excuse why we couldn’t record. The thing though is because Mike and I work together the show must go on and I realize we can’t just cancel things because we are in a bad spot. So instead I put my big girl pants on and started to record with mike after a very long and intense 24hours of not talking to each other. In the beginning of the ep I truly tried to put the acting chops on and play cool but it’s evident as the episode went on that didn’t happen. We decided to open the door into what happened and woah did we let it all out. Those of you may not understand the trauma and the pain around what we talked about and openly shared so please be nice and know we ended up keeping the episode because we hope it can help. See that’s the thing. None of this has been easy with our shares but we just hope along the way we are able to help others out there not feel so alone. Reality is no matter what you’ve been through marriage can be a difficult walk especially with added triggers and pain...but know this, ur not alone in that walk and we are here rooting y’all on. Be kind to us as honestly we are embarrassed by how fresh and raw this episode was. Also. Because the podcast didn’t end great...today we are good, and have grown stronger from it. See that’s the thing, if you’re both willing to fight you can get stronger on the other side. Love y’all and really appreciate the support. #bekindpls

A post shared by Jana Kramer (@kramergirl) on Oct 7, 2019 at 6:29am PDT

After doing some research, the country star said she came to believe that the photo had been sent by a bot. But Jana said she still felt betrayed by her husband’s decision to hide the text from her. The couple decided to go to counseling together and Jana says their marriage has “grown stronger” after working through the incident.

"If you’re both willing to fight you can get stronger on the other side,” she said in an Instagram post on Oct. 7.

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