Taylor Swift Performed Private Concert for Jeff Jarrett's Sick Wife

In December 2006, Taylor Swift spent around three hours serenading a crowd of about 45 people at Jeff Jarrett’s home in Tennessee. In a recent interview with TMZ Sports, WWE Hall of Famer recalled the “amazing experience” where the singer-songwriter, who had recently released her self-titled debut featuring “Tim McGraw,” hosted an impromptu private concert for his family a few months before his wife died.

“It was Christmas of 2006. My first wife [Jill Gregory] was really ill with breast cancer. She passed away about five months after this, so she was really ill,” Jarrett said. Swift was a family friend who often babysat their young daughters. They were the ones who set the show in motion. “The girls wanted her to sing and play,” he continued, noting that Swift had to “actually run bac