Mayci and Jacob Neeley’s marriage is featured on The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, but unlike, say, Jen and ZacAffleck’s marriage, it hardly brings the drama (no offense to the Afflecks!). Still, despite Mayci’s happy home life today, she has one of the most tragic relationship timelines on the series. When she was 19 and 14 weeks pregnant with her first child, her boyfriend, Arik, died while they were fighting over text.
“On 24 March 2015, Arik and I had a fight. The pressure on us had become too much and we started to argue over text,” she wrote in her 2025 memoir, Told You So (via an excerpt published by The Mirror). “Little did I know that Arik was driving while texting me.” She stopped responding to his messages and, later that day, while scrolling through Instagram, noticed tributes to him popping up in her feed.
“I started to shake and felt physically sick,” she wrote. “Then I saw a photo of a car that was completely destroyed — it was Arik’s car.” She called his dad and confirmed that her “best friend” had died. “I was utterly destroyed.”
Keep reading for more about Mayci’s heartbreaking story and how she met her future husband after losing Arik.
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Who is Mayci Neeley’s husband?
Mayci has been married to Jacob Neeley since June 8, 2018. They met through friends in 2016, when her firstborn, Hudson, was 7 months old. “After everything I’d been through, I was very guarded, but Jacob was kind and we got on really well,” she wrote in her memoir (per The Mirror).
“For a long time, we remained just friends and because we weren’t really dating, I was OK with him meeting my son. Jacob was amazing with him, which made him appear even more attractive. I was terrified of getting hurt again but, after four months, I couldn’t deny my feelings any longer. He was kind and funny and made me feel safe.”
Jacob popped the question with a homemade book about their love story, with the final page being a proposal.
View this post on InstagramYes. According to Jacob’s LinkedIn profile, he’s a sales and finance consultant at AO2 Management, which helps brands grow on Amazon. (“We optimize product listings, employ winning PPC strategies, and streamline operations,” the company profile says.)
He also features frequently on his wife's social media feeds (and runs active accounts of his own), and makes occasional appearances on The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives.
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What happened to Mayci Neely’s boyfriend Arik?
Arik died in a car accident when he was 19 as a result of texting while driving. He was messaging a pregnant Mayci at the time, fighting over the fact that he had cheated on her (something she’d only just found out an hour before). The “Baby Mama” founder wrote about the traumatizing incident in her memoir, Told You So. "Certain parts of [the book] were hard to share,” she told People. "Because I do talk about the heartbreak of being cheated on and I feel like part of me didn't want to share it because I was like, 'I don't want to taint the story in any way.’”
"It is my son's dad, at the end of the day, and I always want him to look good and I want my son to have whatever he reads to be positive,” she continued. “And I will say, most of the book is very positive about it.”
View this post on InstagramYes, although she explained in her book that she didn’t know he was driving while they were messaging each other.
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Who is the father of Mayci Neeley's son, Hudson?
Mayci shares her firstborn, Hudson, with her late boyfriend, Arik, who died in a car wreck while she was less than halfway through her pregnancy.
“Can’t believe my baby is growing up so fast,” Mayci wrote on Instagram in honor of the boy’s 9th birthday last year (he’s now 10). “Hudson is smart, witty, kind, silly, generous, athletic, handsome and more. I love him more than words can express.”
View this post on InstagramMayci has three children: son Hudson, who she shares with her deceased ex, Arik (Jacob has legally adopted the boy), and daughters Harlow, 4, and Charli, who was born on July 23, 2025.
Although she’s posted photos of all three kids on social media in the past, she seems to now be choosing to cover their faces, presumably to protect their privacy.
Did Mayci go through IVF?
Yes, Mayci’s daughters were conceived through IVF. The Mormon influencer has documented her fertility journey on social media over the years. “I didn’t know if I was going to share our IVF journey because it is so personal, but I want to show all the parts of my life, not just the best parts,” she wrote on Instagram back in 2020, when trying for her second child (her first with Jacob).
Her attempt to get pregnant with her third child was documented on The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, although Mayci said the storyline got “cut short” in Season 2 edits.
@maycineeleyMy IVF story got cut very short but I documented all of it & can’t wait to share it w/ you?? #ivf #momtok #slomw #ivfjourney
♬ original sound - JoyShe appears pregnant with Baby No. 3 in the third season of the show.
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