01 April 2021 Share with: Miranda Lambert is "so glad" she was able to help her ex-husband Blake Shelton and his family heal by co-writing a song about the death of his older brother. The former couple teamed up for the emotional ballad Over You back in 2011, and Miranda reveals the track still means a lot to her, despite her 2015 split from Blake, because it details the grief and pain he suffered after Richie Shelton was killed in a car accident in 1990, aged 24. Opening up about the collaboration on Apple Music's Essentials Radio, she explained, "My ex-husband, Blake, had lost a brother and it's one of those moments where even if you're married to someone, sometimes you find something new about them.