Jana Kramer Says She and Ex-Husband Mike Caussin Have ‘More Respect’ for Each Other Post-Divorce Than They Did in Their Marriage

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Making progress! Jana Kramer revealed that she and ex-husband Mike Caussin are killing it at coparenting — and work better as a team now than they did when they were married.   “[Mike] and I have a great relationship, you know, everything is good,” Kramer, 39, said during the Sunday, June 4, episode of her “Whine Down” podcast. “When stuff does come up, we’re like, ‘Hey, can we kind of talk this out?’ We still have our moments where we get frustrated but we’re able to communicate in such better way now, so that’s been nice.

We’ve had more respect out of our marriage than in our marriage.”   The   One Tree Hill  alum — who announced her engagement to fiancé Allan Russell last month  — shares daughter Jolie, 7, and son Jace, 4, with Caussin, 36.

The twosome finalized their divorce in 2021 after splitting due to the former NFL star’s repeated infidelity. (Kramer also previously tied the knot with Michael Gambino in 2004, Johnathon Schaech in 2010 and was engaged to Brantley Gilbert in 2013.)   In order to view the video, please allow Manage Cookies While the country crooner told her podcast cohosts on Sunday that she “never” thought she’d “get to the other side” with Caussin— and that there are still “deep resentments” between them — they’ve been able to move past their issues to put their children first.   “I let go of a lot of things and just look at him as the father of my kids,” she explained. “I don’t want any bad energy.

I just don’t want it. I don’t want hatred, I don’t want heaviness. [Life is] too short.”   Kramer noted that even with “hurt,” the two “can coparent” amicably at the end of the day — including sharing space for their little one’s milestone moments.    “If it’s going to make my kid happy to