Sara Evans Marries Jay Barker, Former Bama QB

James Joyner @ Gone Hollywood | Monday, June 16, 2008

Country star Sara Evans has married former University of Alabama quarterback Jay Barker, the AP reports.

Lori Genes, the singer’s publicist at Sony BMG Nashville, told The Associated Press on Monday that Evans and Barker had married but didn’t provide details of the wedding. People magazine reported on its Web site that the outdoor ceremony took place Saturday on a farm in Franklin, Tennessee.

The 37-year-old singer filed for divorce from Craig Schelske in October 2006 after 13 years of marriage. The divorce was completed last September.

Barker led Alabama to a national championship in 1992 and hosts a radio show in Birmingham.

I didn’t even know they were dating, to be honest. Then again, those of you who weren’t attending the University of Alabama or fans of its football team sixteen years ago, as I was, have likely never heard of Jay Barker.