Michelle Branch and Black Keys drummer Patrick Carney are separating after three years of marriage.
“To say that I am totally devastated doesn’t even come close to describing how I feel for myself and for my family. The rug has been completely pulled from underneath me and now I must figure out how to move forward,” Branch, 39, says in a statement to PEOPLE. “With such small children, I ask for privacy and kindness.”
A rep for Carney, 42, did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.
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The musicianstied the knot at the Marigny Opera Housein New Orleans in April 2019 in front of friends and family including 17-year-old daughter Owen Isabelle from her first marriage andtheir sonRhys James, 4 this month.
Patrick Carney and Michelle Branch.Monica Schipper/Getty Images
In February, the “Everywhere” singer,delivered their second child together, a daughter named Willie Jacquet.
“Welcome to the world, sweet Willie girl ❤️,” Branchcaptioned an announcementon her Instagram account. “She’s named after Patrick’s grandmother Willie Madge and has my mother’s maiden name/my middle name. We’re so in love 🥰.”
“Michelle said she wasn’t sure about the name about 15 minutes before the c-section, and I’m like, ‘Are you serious?’ We didn’t know if it was a boy or girl, it was a surprise. The girl’s name was Willie, and she’s like, ‘I don’t know about that,’ " he began.
This is the second marriage for Branch and the third for Carney; shesplit from Teddy Landauin 2014 after 10 years of marriage, while Carney was previously married to Denise Grollmus from 2007 to 2009 and Emily Ward from 2012 to 2016.
The Black Keys are currently touring in support of their eleventh album,Dropout Boogie, which was released in May.
Branch announced last monthon Twitterthat her first single, “I’m a Man” from her upcoming albumThe Trouble with Fever, was out.
Her album is scheduled to drop Sept. 16.
source: people.com
