Who Was J.B. Mauney’s First Wife?
J.B. Mauney’s first wife was Lexie Wiggly. The two-time PBR World Champion married her in North Carolina in May 2012, and the marriage ended within a few years. He has since remarried; his current wife is barrel racer Samantha Lyne, with whom he shares a son.
James Burton “J.B.” Mauney is a former professional bull rider from Mooresville, North Carolina, and one of the most decorated riders in PBR history, winning world titles in 2013 and 2015. He built his reputation by picking the rankest bulls on the card instead of avoiding them, a habit that earned him the nickname “the Dragonslayer” late in his career. A broken neck ended his time in the arena in September 2023, and he was inducted into the Bull Riding Hall of Fame the following year.
Quick facts:
- First wife: Lexie Wiggly
- Married: May 2012, North Carolina
- Marriage ended: Widely reported as 2015
- Current wife: Samantha Lyne, a barrel racer
- Children: A daughter, Bella, and a son, Jagger Briggs, born 2019
- Career: Two-time PBR World Champion; retired from bull riding in 2023
The 2012 Wedding
PBR’s own reporting confirmed the marriage at the time. A May 2012 injury roundup on PBR.com noted that Mauney had married Lexie Wiggly the week before, in North Carolina, and that the ceremony was pushed back slightly because a broken hand needed to heal enough for him to slide on a wedding ring.
Mauney was 25 that spring and already a fixture near the top of the PBR world standings. He and Wiggly were married for a little under three years.
Do J.B. Mauney and Lexie Wiggly Have a Daughter Together?
This is the part of the story that gets muddled online. Mauney has a daughter named Bella — that much is solid, confirmed by a 2019 PBR.com feature on the birth of his son, which described Bella as the daughter he was already raising.
What’s less clear is whether Bella is Wiggly’s daughter specifically. Bella was born in 2011, a year before the wedding, and some secondhand write-ups place her birth in an earlier relationship rather than the marriage to Wiggly itself. Neither Mauney nor Wiggly has addressed this publicly, so the honest answer is that her exact parentage isn’t something public reporting nails down — only that she’s Mauney’s daughter and was part of his life before his marriage to Samantha Lyne began.
When Did They Divorce?
Public reporting consistently points to 2015 as the year the marriage ended, putting the relationship at just under three years. There’s no public court filing or joint statement pinning down an exact date, and neither Mauney nor Wiggly has spoken about why it ended. Wiggly, unlike Mauney, was never a public figure in her own right, and she’s stayed out of PBR coverage and interviews since.
Timeline
| Year | Event |
|---|---|
| 2011 | Mauney’s daughter, Bella, is born |
| 2012 | Mauney marries Lexie Wiggly in North Carolina (May) |
| 2015 | The marriage reportedly ends in divorce |
| 2017 | Mauney marries barrel racer Samantha Lyne (a handful of older articles list 2016) |
| 2019 | Mauney and Samantha welcome son Jagger Briggs, born January 23 |
| 2023 | Mauney retires from bull riding after breaking his neck |
Life After the Divorce
Mauney remarried a few years later. His current wife, Samantha Lyne, is a barrel racer and the daughter of Phil Lyne, a five-time PRCA world champion. Most accounts place the wedding in 2017.
On January 23, 2019, Mauney and Samantha had a son, Jagger Briggs Mauney. PBR’s own writeup of the birth is unusually candid: Mauney described a tense stretch when the baby’s heart rate dropped during delivery, before doctors realized the umbilical cord — which Jagger was gripping in his hand — was the cause. Mother and son were both healthy, and Mauney flew straight from the hospital to a PBR event in Sacramento days later. The same article confirms Bella was already part of the family by then.
As of 2026, Mauney is no longer competing or coaching. He stepped down as head coach of the PBR’s Oklahoma Wildcatters in February of that year and now splits his time raising bucking bulls and running riding clinics at his ranch in Stephenville, Texas.
What’s Confirmed — and What’s Just Repeated Online
Search “J.B. Mauney first wife” and most results repeat the same handful of details about Wiggly: a specific job, a birth year and hometown, even a full legal name. None of it traces back to an interview, a public record, or any outlet that actually covered Mauney at the time. It reads like a detail that got invented once and then copied forward, article after article, until it looked like settled fact.
What holds up is narrower: the marriage itself, its rough length, and the existence of a daughter named Bella. What Wiggly’s life has looked like since 2015 — her career, where she lives, whether she’s remarried — isn’t something public reporting has documented. A private citizen’s life after a brief marriage to an athlete isn’t really material anyone else has a right to invent.
The Bottom Line
Lexie Wiggly was J.B. Mauney’s first wife. They married in 2012 and split a few years later, and Mauney has spent the years since building a second family with Samantha Lyne. Anything more specific about Wiggly herself is worth reading with some skepticism until a real source backs it up.
FAQs
Who was J.B. Mauney’s first wife?
Lexie Wiggly. They married in North Carolina in May 2012.
Did J.B. Mauney and Lexie Wiggly have children together?
Mauney has a daughter, Bella, born in 2011. Public reporting doesn’t clearly confirm whether Bella is Wiggly’s biological daughter or from an earlier relationship, since her birth came before the 2012 wedding.
When did J.B. Mauney and Lexie Wiggly divorce?
Most reporting places it in 2015, though no public court record confirms the exact date.
Who is J.B. Mauney’s wife now?
Barrel racer Samantha Lyne, whom he married in 2017. They have a son, Jagger Briggs Mauney, born in January 2019.
Is J.B. Mauney still bull riding?
No. He retired in September 2023 after breaking his neck in a wreck at a rodeo event in Lewiston, Idaho.
Sources & References
- Professional Bull Riders: Pueblo Notebook, Accessed September 23, 2026
- Professional Bull Riders: Mauney Family Welcomes Birth of Jagger Briggs, Accessed September 23, 2026
- Wikipedia: J.B. Mauney, Accessed September 23, 2026
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