Christina Perri Pulls The Divorce Trigger On Her 7 Years Marriage

It is splitsville for Christina Perri and her husband, Paul Costabile! The musician has just expressed her desire to part ways with her husband, 7 years after they exchanged vows.

Christina Perri and Paul Costabile are currently parents to two kids and reportedly have an air-tight prenuptial agreement in place.

The singer reportedly filed the divorce petition on Monday, the same day cited as the date of their separation. Perri explained in the filing that irreconcilable differences ultimately led to the breakdown of their nearly 8-year-old union.

She expressed her desire to gain joint legal and physical custody of their children alongside a request that the court terminate its ability to award spousal support to her estranged husband.

Perri further explained that she and her estranged husband have a prenuptial agreement in place, which should make their divorce settlement easier. TMZ affirmed that the split comes a few weeks shy of their 8th anniversary.

Despite the not-so-exciting end to their union, things began on a positive note for the duo as Costabile confessed during an interview that he fell in love with her in 2017.

As shared by Soap Central, he revealed on Instagram during their engagement that he felt the depth of his love for the musician when he set eyes on her for the first time ever.

Before the duo got married in 2017, Perri shared that they were expecting their first child together, and in 2018, they welcomed their bundle of joy. They became parents for the second time in 2022, three years before their split.

While the divorce filing has been made official, the estranged couple has yet to react to the latest development in their marriage.

In 2017, PEOPLE reported that the former couple tied the knot in New York City and gleefully announced it on Instagram with very affectionate words. Costabile was more expressive in his post about the update in their relationship as he stressed that the singer was his dream girl.

"Today I married my dream girl and best friend. Pretty sure I'm the proudest I've EVER been to be able to call the most bellissima person + woman I've ever known now my wife!!!," the entertainment reporter wrote in the caption alongside a picture of them.

He expressed gratitude for their relationship, family, support system, and their romantic journey, which included their little bun in the oven, whom they welcomed the following year.

Although the ceremony was an intimate one, Costabile promised to invite family and friends to a bigger wedding ceremony.

Earlier in the year, The Blast shared that the vocalist turned her smash hit single "A Thousand Years" into a children's book. She commended the success of the song, which was really unexpected as a catalyst for turning it into a children's book.

Perri noted that she wrote the song at the age of 24 in 2011 and did not envisage it would become the wedding anthem for everyone nearly two decades down the line. 

"Now everybody started having babies, and everyone is playing this song for their babies. And then I myself started having babies, so it's all been like an organic timeline, like in my actual life," the songwriter added.

She declared that the song would go down in history as one of the best wedding songs of all time. Perri continued that she also made a lullaby version of the song to appeal to a younger audience, and now it has taken off on TikTok.

The singer revealed that she always read books with her girls, and that hobby developed into a passion which prompted her to finally make a children's book. In a way, the book is a testament to Perri's bond with her daughters, including details like the illustrations contained in the leaves.

She teamed up with illustrator Hwang Ruiz to bring her imagination to life, which also included her daughter, Carmella's pet bunny. When Ruiz also sent her pitch for the project, her daughters bought into the idea, making it an instant match.

"She made it so that Carmella's bunny is on every page, so you can look for the bunny, which my daughters loved when we opened the book. Joy did such an amazing job. I'm just in love with her work," the recording artist stressed.

Either way, the talented singer is beyond glad that generations, both young and old, could relate to "A Thousand Years."

Will things get messy down the line for Christina Perry and Paul Costabile?