Jaco luister graag na Bobby as hy gras sny en Black Label drink. Van Jaarsveld played the lead character in the Afrikaans film "Liefling – Die Movie", which was released in November 2010 by Hartiwood Studios South Africa and fetched R16 million at the local box office. He also starred in the film "As Jy Sing" in 2013. As of January 2016, Van Jaarsveld is a judge on the local singing competition, "The Voice SA". Van Jaarsveld is a professed Christian. He and his wife Annatjie van Jaarsveld, whom he married in January 2011, have two sons, Sion and Leben  and a daughter named Armani  In 2018 van Jaarsveld and his family decide to leave their home in Pretoria and relocated to Ballito.