Kellie Pickler’s husband Kyle Jacobs cause of death is confirmed as suicide

Nearly three months after the death of Kellie Pickler’s husband Kyle Jacobs, the cause of death was confirmed to be suicide.

Jacobs, 49, was found dead on Feb. 17 at the couple’s Nashville home, “from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound in an upstairs bedroom/office.”

The Metropolitan Nashville Police Department also stated, “His death is being investigated as an apparent suicide.”

This has been confirmed by the Davidson County medical examiner E! News on Wednesday that Jacobs died by suicide.

The toxicology report found no drugs in Jacobs’ system, though it added that Jacobs had a history of “pseudo-seizures, gastrointestinal bleeding, elevated liver enzymes, and chronic alcohol use.”

Suicide: Jacobs, 49, was found dead on Feb. 17 at the couple’s Nashville home, “from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound in an upstairs bedroom/office.”

The Metropolitan Nashville Police Department was called to Pickler and Jacobs’ home at 1:21 p.m. on February 17, when Pickler was unable to locate her husband when she awoke.

The American Idol alum and her assistant called 911 when they couldn’t open an upstairs bedroom/office.

“Officers and personnel from the Nashville Fire Department responded and found resident Kyle Jacobs, 49, dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound in an upstairs bedroom/office,” the Nashville Police Department said in a statement.

“His death is being investigated as an apparent suicide,” the statement concluded, with spokesman Don Aaron adding that everyone else in the home was safe.

The 36-year-old Pickler rose to fame as a contestant on the fifth season of American Idol in 2006, finishing in sixth place.

In 2006, she signed with 19 Recordings and BNA Records as a recording artist, with her hits such as Don’t You Know You’re Beautiful and Best Days of Your Life co-written with Taylor Swift.

She started dating Jacobs in 2008, and after two and a half years of dating, Jacobs popped the question in June 2010.

They tied the knot on January 1, 2011 in a “small, intimate ceremony on a private island in the Caribbean.”

Home: Metropolitan Nashville police were called to Pickler and Jacobs’ home at 1:21 p.m. Feb. 17, when Pickler was unable to locate her husband when she awoke

Assistant: The American Idol alum and her assistant called 911 when they couldn’t open an upstairs bedroom/office

Responded: “Officers and personnel from the Nashville Fire Department responded and found resident Kyle Jacobs, 49, dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound in an upstairs bedroom/office,” the Nashville Police Department said in a statement.

Apparent: “His death is being investigated as an apparent suicide,” the statement concluded, with spokesman Don Aaron adding that everyone else in the home was safe

Fame: Pickler, 36, rose to fame as a contestant on the fifth season of American Idol, in 2006, finishing in sixth place

Signed: In 2006, she signed with 19 Recordings and BNA Records as a recording artist, with her hits including Don’t You Know You’re Beautiful and Best Days of Your Life co-written with Taylor Swift

Dating: She started dating Jacobs in 2008, and after two and a half years of dating, Jacobs popped the question in June 2010

Public: Pickler has yet to speak publicly following her husband’s death in mid-February, and her social media accounts had been inactive for months before that

Pickler has yet to speak publicly following her husband’s death in mid-February, and her social media accounts had been inactive for months before that.

Just a day before Jacobs’ death, he celebrated that a record he was working on – Lee Brice’s album Hey World – went platinum.

Jacobs was a producer on the record, in addition to playing acoustic guitar and providing backing vocals.

In his latest Instagram post, he wrote, “Platinum?! SWEET!!! An amazing team of incredibly talented peeps put this one together… Honored to be a creative part of it… Thank you Jesus!!!”