Brittney Jones moved to Montana to work for Blackstock's ranch the same month Clarkson filed for divorceNEED TO KNOWBrandon Blackstock's partner Brittney Marie Jones previously worked as Kelly Clarkson's production assistant,

The talent manager -- who was married to Kelly Clarkson from 2013 to 2022, when their divorce was finalized -- shared a life in Montana with "his beautiful and loving partner in life and business, Brittney Marie Jones," reads a tribute shared Monday by Axelson Funeral & Cremation Services.

"After more than 20 years in the music business, Brandon found his way back to the mountains and the cowboy way of life he always wanted to live," the obituary stated, per the Daily Mail. "He found a homestead and a love in Butte, Montana."