'00s rockstar Jack White's wife files for divorce over 'inappropriate marital conduct'


Jack White's wife, Olivia Jean, filed for divorce on June 3, 2026, after four years of marriage, citing 'inappropriate marital conduct'


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Jenni McKnight
Jenni McKnightUS Lifestyle Editor
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Jack White's wife, Olivia Jean, has filed for divorce after more than four years of marriage.

The singer, 36, filed papers in Nashville, Tennessee, on June 3, citing irreconcilable differences and "inappropriate marital conduct" as the reason behind their split.

According to the court documents, Olivia listed their date of separation as the same date she filed for divorce.

Her filing alleges her estranged rockstar husband "is guilty of inappropriate marital conduct, which makes further cohabitation unsafe and improper," according to TMZ.

It also claims that Olivia is dependent on Jack's income and is requesting spousal support and to be added to his life insurance policy.

HELLO! has reached out to both Jack and Olivia's reps for comment.

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Olivia Jean filed for divorce from Jack White on June 3, 2026

Relationship timeline

When Olivia was 13, she attended her first music concert at Detroit's Masonic Temple, and it was none other than The White Stripes. "My mom loved it," she told The Huffington Post in 2014.

Fast-forward to 2009, Olivia came face-to-face with Jack when she signed to his record label, Third Man Records.

They met when she was 19 after he received her demo, and he invited her to his record label. After forming an all-female goth-garage band called The Black Belles, Jack produced their first single and their 2011 self-titled debut album.

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Jack and Olivia were married for four years

Since then, they have collaborated many times, with Olivia playing on several of Jack's solo albums and appearing in his music videos. Jack also produced her 2014 solo debut album, Bathtub Love Killings

It was also in 2014 when Olivia and Jack began a romantic relationship. "We were just really good friends," she told the New York Times in July 2022. 

"You have to know that you can be friends for a while before you can date. It wasn't really a transition. It was more, 'OK, this is happening.' More like a continuation."

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Jack and Olivia started dating in 2014

On April 8, 2022, Jack created a viral moment when he not only proposed to Olivia on stage during his performance at Detroit's Masonic Temple (the venue where she saw The White Stripes for the first time 19 years earlier), but they married on stage, too.

Jack invited his then-girlfriend on stage to perform a rendition of The White Stripes' song, "Hotel Yorba," and popped the question right before he sang the lyrics, "Let's get married."

A tearful Olivia immediately said, 'Yes,' and after finishing the song, the newly engaged couple disappeared off stage, before returning for the encore, where they tied the knot in front of Jack's mom, Olivia's dad, and the elated crowd.

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Jack proposed and married Olivia on stage in April 2022

The ceremony was officiated by Third Man Records co-founder Ben Swank, and the bass players from their respective bands served as best man and maid of honor. They had a second wedding in Nashville in December 2022.

Olivia is Jack's third wife. He married his The White Stripes bandmate and drummer, Meg White, in 1996, and they divorced in 2000. 

His second wife was model and singer Karen Elson, whom he wed in 2005 before they announced their separation in 2011, with their divorce finalized in 2013. They have two children, Scarlett Teresa White and Henry Lee White.

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