Brandon Blackstock's "soulmate" Brittney Marie Jones, identified in Blackstock's obituary as his "loving partner in life and business," previously worked as Kelly Clarkson's production assistant.

Kelly Clarkson’s former assistant seemingly moved to Montana to work with “soulmate” Brandon Blackstock the same month as his divorce from the American Idol alum. Amid the news that Blackstock was dating his ex-wife’s former assistant before his August 7 death,

B randon Blackstock, Kelly Clarkson's ex-husband, was in a “loving” relationship with Brittney Marie Jones, her former production assistant and his executive assistant, at the time of his death, according to an obituary shared online by his family.