The couple were engaged and married during a concert in Detroit in 2022
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- Olivia Jean filed for divorce from Jack White, citing irreconcilable differences and “inappropriate marital conduct”
- The couple married on stage in Detroit in 2022 after White proposed that same night
- She filed for divorce on June 3 in Nashville
Singer Olivia Jean has filed for divorce from her rocker husband Jack White after more than three years of marriage.
Jean, 36, filed for divorce from White, 50, on June 3 in Nashville, citing irreconcilable differences and “inappropriate marital conduct” as reason for the split, according to documents obtained by PEOPLE. She listed their date of separation as the date she filed.
Jean's filing alleges that White is “guilty of inappropriate marital conduct, which makes further cohabitation unsafe and improper.”
Reps for the stars did not immediately respond to PEOPLE's requests for comment. TMZ was first to report the news.
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The pair were married on stage in Detroit in December 2022 after White proposed that same night, popping the question before a hometown crowd at the Masonic Temple.
“It's been such a great day, mind if we get married right now?” he asked the crowd before his Third Man Records co-founder Ben Swank officiated the ceremony.
Jean's filing claims she is “dependent on [White's] income for her support,” and requests alimony and for him to keep paying her medical insurance. Jean also asked the court that she stay on his life insurance policy as beneficiary.
White was previously married to White Stripes bandmate Meg White, 51, from 1996 to 2000, and to singer and model Karen Elson from 2005 to 2013. He and Elson, 47, share daughter Scarlett, 20, and son Henry, 18, with Elson.
In an interview with The New York Times shortly after their wedding, Jean called the impromptu proposal and wedding “the best experience of my life.”
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“You could plan a wedding for five years and it wouldn't compare to that,” she said.
The singer added that she felt as though she'd had a “spotlight” put on her after the surprise nuptials, but still considered it a “really positive thing that happened.”
“It makes me happy to know that other people approve of it, and appreciate how cool that was,” she said. “So it's positive, but strange. Very strange.”
In a 2022 interview with Variety, White added that he was “proud” of how their wedding had come together. And when The White Stripes were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in November, he gave Jean a special shout-out.
"I myself thank all my brothers and sisters and parents for adding pieces to my life and to help push me forward, and for letting me make all that noise in the house all the time growing up," he said. "And I thank my children, Scarlett, Henry Lee, and my wife, Olivia Jean, for also pushing me to make all that noise in the house nowadays."
In July 2025, White shared that Jean, whom he described as "gorgeous and thoughtful,” had bought him his very first cellphone as a 50th birthday present.
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