
Neil Perry has accused his sister Kimberly Perry of forcing him out of The Band Perry after he objected to her husband joining the Grammy-winning country group. Neil, 36, said on Wednesday that Kimberly approached him about reviving the band after its 2023 hiatus. With their brother Reid initially uninterested, Neil said Kimberly gave him three options: continue as a duo, hold auditions or bring in her husband, Johnny Costello. “I was fine with the first two,” Neil wrote on Instagram. Neil said Reid later returned to the group through conversations he was not part of, and he was given three days to decide whether to continue. “Weeks later, I was terminated. The day after my birthday,” Neil wrote. He also claimed he lost his financial interest and access to a business he had spent years helping build. Reid ultimately left The Band Perry, which is best known for “If I Die Young,” in October 2025 to become a talent manager. Kimberly and Costello have since continued releasing music under The Band Perry name. Kimberly previously told Rolling Stone she believed her brothers supported the new lineup and said there was “always an open seat for a brother” if either wanted to return. Neil disputed that account, writing: “Then I watched a story emerge that didn’t resemble the one I lived.”














