Jana Kramer Admits Writing A Letter To Herself From Ex-Husband Mike Caussin After Split

Jana Kramer has opened up about the unexpected way she managed to find closure about her failed marriage: by writing a "healing" letter to herself but from the point of view of her ex-husband.

The 38-year-old country singer and actress guested on an episode of Dear Media's "It Sure Is a Beautiful Day," which came out Tuesday, and talked about how she coped after her divorce from Mike Caussin, 35, last year.

When host Catt Sadler asked if she still gets angry while looking back on her marriage, Kramer said that despite it all, she's "definitely forgiven Mike."

"I realized that for a year I was holding on to waiting for an apology and I realized that I'm never going to get it the way that I want it, [with] the words that I want spoken," she said.

Kramer went on to share that once she was hit with this realization, her therapist told her about a new coping mechanism. Thankfully, it made all the difference in her life.

"My therapist, she made me write this letter from him. It was from me and that was in a way ... even though it wasn't his words, it's what I needed to hear. And it was so healing and so helpful," she recalled.

"I remember just going like, 'I don't want to have to be the one to carry this stuff. ' He doesn't care anymore. Why am I putting so much in? Forgiveness isn't for the other person, it is for me so that I don't have to be shackled down by the past," she continued.

Kramer and Caussin announced in April 2021 that they decided to go their separate ways after six years of marriage. Kramer broke the news with a heartbreaking post on Instagram.

"'It's time.' As I try to make sense of a reality I never wanted to believe could be possible again, those words have now become a reality. I've fought y'all. I've loved hard. I've forgiven. I've put the work in. I've given everything I have, and now I have nothing else to give," she wrote back then.

"Please know that I still believe wholeheartedly in marriage, love, and rebuilding. I just can't fight any longer. It's time to heal. Thank you for all the love, heart, and support, in many ways you have fought on this journey alongside me, and for that I am grateful. I'll always encourage you to continue the good fight, but you can't fight it alone," she noted further.

A source told People at the time that the split took place due to Caussin's infidelity. It was reportedly the same reason why the couple separated in 2016. "He cheated and broke her trust again. After fighting for the marriage for so long, she's come to terms with the realization that his patterns were never going to change," the outlet quoted the source as saying.

The ex-couple share two children — Jolie Rae, 5, and Jace Joseph, 2.