# Jessie James Decker
**Jessie James Decker** (born Jessica Rose James, 1988, Vicenza, Italy) is an American country-pop singer-songwriter, reality television personality, and entrepreneur known for her 2017 number-one country album *Southern Girl City Lights*, her E! reality series *Eric & Jessie: Game On* with her husband, retired NFL wide receiver [Eric Decker](https://www.edgepedia.org/eric-decker), and the fashion brand Kittenish.[1](https://www.allmusic.com/artist/jessie-james-decker-mn0003256615)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Born | Jessica Rose James, 1988, in Vicenza, Italy, to a U.S. military family[1](https://www.allmusic.com/artist/jessie-james-decker-mn0003256615) |
| Debut album | *Jessie James* (August 2009), No. 23 on the Billboard 200, No. 5 on Top Country Albums; single "Wanted" reached No. 40[2](https://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/jessie-james-decker-41510.php) • [3](https://musicchartsarchive.com/artists/jessie-james-decker) |
| Number-one album | *Southern Girl City Lights* (2017) debuted at No. 1 on Billboard's Top Country Albums chart[4](https://lumiere-a.akamaihd.net/v1/documents/dwts_bio_jjd_006baed9.pdf) |
| Reality TV | *Eric & Jessie: Game On* on E!, three seasons with husband Eric Decker, whom she married in 2013[5](https://leaders.com/rankings/person/jessie-james-decker/) |
| Fashion brand | Kittenish, founded in 2014, grown into a $60 million business; Eric Decker served as its president[6](https://sports.yahoo.com/sports-business/article/how-eric-decker-and-jessie-james-decker-built-their-own-business-empire-away-from-the-field-161239697.html) • [7](https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/337-jessie-james-decker-on-building-a-%2460m-business/id1556286270?i=1000793215780) |
| Books | *Just Jessie* (2018), *Just Feed Me* (2020), and the cookbook *The Secret Sauce* announced for October 6, 2026[8](https://www.jessiejamesdecker.com/pages/all-about-jessie) |
| Family | Four children: Vivianne, Eric "Bubby," Forrest, and Denver[9](https://xptmagazine.com/jessie-james-decker/) |
## Early life and first record deal
Decker was born in Vicenza, Italy, where her father was stationed with the [United States Army](https://www.edgepedia.org/united-states-army), and grew up in a military family that moved repeatedly; she lived in Texas, Louisiana, Kentucky, Florida, Idaho, and Georgia.[1](https://www.allmusic.com/artist/jessie-james-decker-mn0003256615) • [10](https://www.cowboysindians.com/2019/06/close-up-jessie-james-decker/) By the time she was nine, the family was living in Louisiana, where she won a regional talent contest with a cover of Patsy Montana's "I Want to Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart." By 15 she was in Georgia, writing songs and making regular trips to Nashville to make the rounds of record companies and music publishers.[1](https://www.allmusic.com/artist/jessie-james-decker-mn0003256615)
At 17 she caught the ear of a representative of the independent label Big Yellow Dog Records, who began shopping her songs to artists and labels. [Mercury Records](https://www.edgepedia.org/mercury-records) president David Massey heard her demos and passed them to [L.A. Reid](https://www.edgepedia.org/l-a-reid), head of the affiliated Island/Def Jam label group, and Reid signed her to a record deal.[1](https://www.allmusic.com/artist/jessie-james-decker-mn0003256615) After a series of rejections from Nashville labels, she also worked on her singing with Carla Wallace of Big Yellow Dog before attracting Mercury's attention.[11](https://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/jessie-james-decker-41510.php)
## The 2009 debut and the label conflict
Her first album, the self-titled *Jessie James*, arrived in August 2009 and featured "Wanted," a single that brushed the [Top 40](https://www.edgepedia.org/top-40) of the singles charts and was featured prominently in the film *Confessions of a Shopaholic*.[1](https://www.allmusic.com/artist/jessie-james-decker-mn0003256615) • [12](https://www.allmusic.com/artist/jessie-james-mn0000341806) The album reached No. 23 on the Billboard 200 and No. 5 on the Top Country Albums chart, selling 18,575 copies in its first week and about 120,000 in total.[2](https://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/jessie-james-decker-41510.php) Although Decker had always considered herself a country artist, the album was produced and marketed for a pop audience; critics reviewing it noted that she was closer to a pop singer than a country one, with material co-written by [Kara DioGuardi](https://www.edgepedia.org/kara-dioguardi) and [Katy Perry](https://www.edgepedia.org/katy-perry).[1](https://www.allmusic.com/artist/jessie-james-decker-mn0003256615) • [13](https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/31893/Jessie-James-Jessie-James/)
After two more singles from the album underperformed, Decker battled with label executives for greater control over her music, and her next single, "Boys in the Summer," was a more country-oriented release.[1](https://www.allmusic.com/artist/jessie-james-decker-mn0003256615) Her second album, announced under the titles *Daughter of a Gypsy* or *Sweet American Dreams*, was shelved by Mercury, and after three singles fared poorly on the country charts she was released from her contract.[1](https://www.allmusic.com/artist/jessie-james-decker-mn0003256615)
## Reality television and the country return
In 2013 Decker married professional football player Eric Decker, and the couple starred in their own E! reality series, *Eric & Jessie: Game On*, which followed their careers and family life and ran for three seasons.[5](https://leaders.com/rankings/person/jessie-james-decker/) The show substantially increased her public profile; her AllMusic profile describes her as a stylish country-pop singer whose fame increased after the series.[1](https://www.allmusic.com/artist/jessie-james-decker-mn0003256615) In 2014 she also co-hosted the television show *Redneck Island* with wrestler Steve Austin.[5](https://leaders.com/rankings/person/jessie-james-decker/)
**Return to country.** The EP *Comin Home*, released April 18, 2014, marked her re-establishment as Jessie James Decker with a stronger country mood; it topped the iTunes country albums chart and debuted in the top five on Billboard's country albums chart.[14](https://wikiweb.ak.lc/article/chronicling-jessie-james-deckers-different-career-pursuits-and-life-with-eric-decker/) • [1](https://www.allmusic.com/artist/jessie-james-decker-mn0003256615) Two further EPs followed in 2017, *Gold* (February 17, 2017), which included songs by [Maren Morris](https://www.edgepedia.org/maren-morris), Jeffrey Steele, and Jesse Frasure, and *The Blackbird Sessions* (June 9, 2017), recorded live at Nashville's Blackbird Studios.[14](https://wikiweb.ak.lc/article/chronicling-jessie-james-deckers-different-career-pursuits-and-life-with-eric-decker/) • [15](https://celebsecretscountry.com/2017/02/17/review-jessie-james-deckers-releases-new-ep-gold/)
*Southern Girl City Lights*, her first full album since 2009, was released on October 13, 2017, and topped Billboard's Top Country Albums chart; on the all-format [Billboard](https://www.edgepedia.org/billboard-magazine) 200 it reached No. 18.[4](https://lumiere-a.akamaihd.net/v1/documents/dwts_bio_jjd_006baed9.pdf) • [3](https://musicchartsarchive.com/artists/jessie-james-decker) Decker co-wrote all but four of the album's 12 songs, and the AllMusic review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine found its pulsing synths and retro-rock hybrids more convincing than its country poses.[16](https://www.allmusic.com/album/southern-girl-city-lights-mw0003102886) A seasonal album, *On This Holiday*, followed in 2018.[1](https://www.allmusic.com/artist/jessie-james-decker-mn0003256615)
In January 2020 she signed a new record contract with Warner/Atlantic, releasing the Christmas single "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town." After the COVID-19 pandemic postponed recording plans, October 2021 brought the seven-song EP *The Woman I've Become* with its hit single "Should Have Known Better." After the 2022 single "Grow Young With You," she teamed with [Billy Currington](https://www.edgepedia.org/billy-currington) on the duet "I Still Love You."[1](https://www.allmusic.com/artist/jessie-james-decker-mn0003256615)
## Kittenish and business ventures
Decker's fashion brand, Kittenish, was founded in 2014 and began as a small online capsule collection before opening a flagship store in Nashville in February 2019; she has said she chose the name at 15, when a woman in the music industry described her as "kittenish."[6](https://sports.yahoo.com/sports-business/article/how-eric-decker-and-jessie-james-decker-built-their-own-business-empire-away-from-the-field-161239697.html) • [17](https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/jessie-james-decker-loves-working-with-eric-decker-on-kittenish/) • [18](https://graziamagazine.com/us/articles/jessie-james-decker-game-changers-career-kittenish/) After the first line sold out, the brand grew into a multimillion-dollar business; by the mid-2020s it was reported as a $60 million company, and its collections reached [Nordstrom](https://www.edgepedia.org/nordstrom), Macy's, Dillard's, and Revolve alongside its stores.[18](https://graziamagazine.com/us/articles/jessie-james-decker-game-changers-career-kittenish/) • [7](https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/337-jessie-james-decker-on-building-a-%2460m-business/id1556286270?i=1000793215780) • [8](https://www.jessiejamesdecker.com/pages/all-about-jessie) Eric Decker, who holds a business degree from the [University of Minnesota](https://www.edgepedia.org/university-of-minnesota), became the company's president in 2020, handling the business side while Decker led the creative direction.[17](https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/jessie-james-decker-loves-working-with-eric-decker-on-kittenish/)
**Food and fitness.** Decker published her first book, the cookbook and lifestyle guide *Just Jessie: My Guide to Love, Life, Family, and Food*, in October 2018, followed by *Just Feed Me: Simply Delicious Recipes from My Heart to Your Plate* in September 2020.[1](https://www.allmusic.com/artist/jessie-james-decker-mn0003256615) Her Just Feed Me cookware collection is sold at Walmart and QVC, and a fourth cookbook, *The Secret Sauce: A Family Cookbook Seasoned with Love*, co-written with her sister Sydney Rae Bass and their mother Karen Parker, was announced for October 6, 2026.[8](https://www.jessiejamesdecker.com/pages/all-about-jessie) In June 2026 she launched the fitness app JJD Fit Club, which reported nearly 40,000 subscribers.[6](https://sports.yahoo.com/sports-business/article/how-eric-decker-and-jessie-james-decker-built-their-own-business-empire-away-from-the-field-161239697.html) • [7](https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/337-jessie-james-decker-on-building-a-%2460m-business/id1556286270?i=1000793215780)
## Personal life
Decker and Eric Decker have four children: Vivianne, Eric "Bubby," Forrest, and Denver.[9](https://xptmagazine.com/jessie-james-decker/) She has suffered from migraines since she was young and received a diagnosis in 2011 at the encouragement of her then-boyfriend, Eric Decker; she has since partnered with the pharmaceutical company AbbVie on its Love in Mind campaign to raise awareness of the condition.[19](https://www.thedailybeast.com/jessie-james-decker-has-a-jaw-dropping-bikini-collection/) The couple runs the Eric and Jessie Decker Foundation, which works with service members, veterans, and rescue animals.[10](https://www.cowboysindians.com/2019/06/close-up-jessie-james-decker/) Her catalog has amassed more than 250 million on-demand streams, and she counts more than seven million followers across her social platforms.[8](https://www.jessiejamesdecker.com/pages/all-about-jessie)
## References
1. [Jessie James Decker – Biography, AllMusic](https://www.allmusic.com/artist/jessie-james-decker-mn0003256615)
2. [Jessie James Decker Biography, The Famous People](https://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/jessie-james-decker-41510.php)
3. [Jessie James Decker Album and Singles Chart History, Music Charts Archive](https://musicchartsarchive.com/artists/jessie-james-decker)
4. [Dancing with the Stars biography PDF (Southern Girl City Lights chart debut)](https://lumiere-a.akamaihd.net/v1/documents/dwts_bio_jjd_006baed9.pdf)
5. [Jessie James Decker, Leaders.com](https://leaders.com/rankings/person/jessie-james-decker/)
6. [How Eric Decker and Jessie James Decker built their own business empire away from the field, Yahoo Sports](https://sports.yahoo.com/sports-business/article/how-eric-decker-and-jessie-james-decker-built-their-own-business-empire-away-from-the-field-161239697.html)
7. [337. Jessie James Decker on Building a $60M Business, Trading Secrets podcast](https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/337-jessie-james-decker-on-building-a-%2460m-business/id1556286270?i=1000793215780)
8. [All About Jessie, jessiejamesdecker.com](https://www.jessiejamesdecker.com/pages/all-about-jessie)
9. [Jessie James Decker: Music, Kittenish and Life With Eric Decker, XPT Magazine](https://xptmagazine.com/jessie-james-decker/)
10. [Close Up: Jessie James Decker, Cowboys & Indians Magazine](https://www.cowboysindians.com/2019/06/close-up-jessie-james-decker/)
11. [Chronicling Jessie James Decker's Different Career Pursuits, Wiki](https://wikiweb.ak.lc/article/chronicling-jessie-james-deckers-different-career-pursuits-and-life-with-eric-decker/)
12. [Jessie James – Biography, AllMusic](https://www.allmusic.com/artist/jessie-james-mn0000341806)
13. [Jessie James, Jessie James (album review), Sputnikmusic](https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/31893/Jessie-James-Jessie-James/)
14. [Chronicling Jessie James Decker's Career Pursuits and Life With Eric Decker, Wiki](https://wikiweb.ak.lc/article/chronicling-jessie-james-deckers-different-career-pursuits-and-life-with-eric-decker/)
15. [Review: Jessie James Decker's New EP "Gold", Celeb Secrets Country](https://celebsecretscountry.com/2017/02/17/review-jessie-james-deckers-releases-new-ep-gold/)
16. [Southern Girl City Lights – Tracks & Reviews, AllMusic](https://www.allmusic.com/album/southern-girl-city-lights-mw0003102886)
17. [Jessie James Decker Details Working With Husband Eric Decker as Kittenish President, Us Weekly](https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/jessie-james-decker-loves-working-with-eric-decker-on-kittenish/)
18. [Jessie James Decker Dishes On Kittenish, Her Fashion Career, Grazia](https://graziamagazine.com/us/articles/jessie-james-decker-game-changers-career-kittenish/)
19. [Jessie James Decker Has a Jaw-Dropping Bikini Collection (Love in Mind migraine interview), The Daily Beast](https://www.thedailybeast.com/jessie-james-decker-has-a-jaw-dropping-bikini-collection/)
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*Topic: Encyclopedia › Arts and culture › Music › Musicians and ensembles › Individual musical biographies › Country, gospel, and western singers › Country pop and crossover singers › 2000s and 2010s crossover singers*
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