Sara Evans' Daughter Shares Family's Reaction to Mom Reconciling with Jay Barker After His Arrest

The country star&husband was arrested in January 2022 and later sentenced to probation on a reckless endangerment charge For years, Sara Evans went to lengths to shield her three children from the abuse she says she endured from husband Jay Barker. When they eventually learned what their mother had been through, her kids were in “complete shock,” Evans&daughter Audrey, 19, tells PEOPLE. But now — after a 2021 divorce filing and Barker’s 2022 arrest — the family has turned a new leaf, and Evans, 53, and Barker, 51, have reconciled.