in november 2010, eddie montgomery told great american country that he had been diagnosed with prostate cancer. the cancer was successfully removed a month later. the same month, his wife, tracy nunan montgomery, announced their divorce, serving him papers at eddie montgomery's steakhouse, a restaurant he owned in harrodsburg, kentucky. the restaurant closed abruptly in spring 2013. the couple had four children and had been married for over 20 years. montgomery posted to twitter and facebook that she divorced him because she did not want to "cope with his illness", but she subsequently denied it. montgomery subsequently married his longtime girlfriend, jennifer belcher, in 2014. on september 27, 2015, montgomery wrote that his and ex-wife tracy nunan's 19-year-old son, hunter, had been killed in an accident. nunan subsequently clarified that hunter died of an overdose, which she believed was accidental.