Lexie Wiggly, whose family surname is better documented as Wigley, is best known publicly as the former wife of professional bull rider J.B. Mauney. But her own connection to rodeo predates that marriage. An Oklahoma newspaper archive identified Lexie Wigley as the 2002 Pauls Valley Rodeo Queen, and later PBR reporting documented her participation in barrel racing.
She married Mauney in May 2012, during the period that led to his first PBR World Championship in 2013. Contemporary reporting also establishes that she grew up in Paoli, Oklahoma, graduated from Paoli High School in 2006, took classes at East Central University and had previously worked as a physical therapy assistant.
As of September 21, 2026, strong public evidence does not establish her exact age, current occupation, legal surname, relationship status or residence. Several newer biographies make confident claims about those details, but the better-documented record is narrower.
Need to know
- Older Oklahoma records use Lexie Wigley, while PBR and Getty also published Lexie Wiggly; both spellings have documentary precedent.
- She grew up in Paoli, Oklahoma, and was identified as the 2002 Pauls Valley Rodeo Queen.
- PBR documented her involvement in barrel racing and said in 2015 that she had previously worked as a physical therapy assistant.
- She married J.B. Mauney in May 2012 and was still described by PBR as his wife in April 2015.
- Reliable reporting does not support identifying Bella Mauney as Lexie’s biological daughter.
Lexie Wiggly profile summary
| Detail | Verified information |
|---|---|
| Name variants | Lexie Wigley; also published as Lexie Wiggly and Lexi Mauney |
| Raised in | Paoli, Oklahoma |
| Education | Paoli High School, graduated 2006; later took classes at East Central University |
| Rodeo background | 2002 Pauls Valley Rodeo Queen; later competed in barrel racing |
| Historical occupation | Former physical therapy assistant |
| Known for | Former wife of professional bull rider J.B. Mauney |
| Marriage | Married J.B. Mauney in May 2012; marriage later ended |
Oklahoma roots and the Wigley name
The spelling of Lexie’s surname is one of the clearest places where the historical record differs from recent online biographies.
Older Oklahoma material uses Wigley. A 2002 issue of The Wynnewood Gazette identified Lexie Wigley as the Pauls Valley Rodeo Queen, while a 2006 obituary for her grandfather Joe Lee Wigley also named Lexie and her mother, Lora Jo Wigley, in the same family.
At the same time, Wiggly is not merely a modern search-engine error. PBR used “Lexie Wiggly” in its 2012 wedding coverage, and Getty Images later used the same spelling when captioning her appearance with Mauney at the 2014 CMT Music Awards.
The strongest reading of the evidence is that Wigley is the better-documented family surname, while Wiggly is a genuine published variant. There is not enough reliable current information to state which surname she legally uses today.
According to PBR’s 2013 family profile, Lexie grew up in Paoli, Oklahoma, with her mother, Lora Wigley, and her maternal grandparents, Wanda and Joe Lee Wigley. That account is also important because it corrects a recurring claim that she grew up in Mooresville, North Carolina. PBR instead places Mooresville later in her life, when she was living there with Mauney.
A rodeo background before J.B. Mauney
Lexie’s connection to rodeo was already visible years before she married one of the sport’s best-known bull riders.
The strongest early record is a 2002 Oklahoma newspaper archive naming her as the 2002 Pauls Valley Rodeo Queen. Her grandfather Joe Lee Wigley was also associated with the Pauls Valley Roundup Club, and his obituary noted his interest in watching his grandchildren participate in rodeo.
That family setting helps explain why horses remained part of Lexie’s adult life without requiring speculation about her motives. PBR later reported that she owned horses and had competed in barrel racing.
By 2013, PBR said she had put barrel racing on hold while traveling with Mauney but was considering returning to competition. In 2014, Mauney discussed balancing his bull-riding calendar with her rodeo schedule. A March 2015 PBR report went further, saying Lexie was competing at upcoming rodeos while Mauney recovered from a knee injury.
The evidence supports describing her as a barrel racer. It does not establish a professional ranking, major championship résumé or documented career earnings.
Education and Frank Newsom’s place in her life
PBR reported that Lexie graduated from Paoli High School in 2006. She later took classes at East Central University in Ada, Oklahoma. No reliable source reviewed for this profile establishes that she completed a degree, so the accurate description is that she attended classes there.
That period also connects to one of the more personal, well-documented relationships in her early adult life.
When her grandfather Joe Lee Wigley died in October 2006, veteran bullfighter Frank Newsom became what PBR described as a father figure to Lexie. While she was taking classes in Ada, Newsom helped look after her horses and remained closely connected to the family.
Newsom later became important in Mauney’s life as well. In PBR’s 2013 reporting, he was presented as an experienced rodeo figure whose advice Mauney valued during a difficult stretch of that season. The overlap gave Lexie’s family and rodeo background a direct role in the circle around Mauney during his first championship campaign.
Marriage to J.B. Mauney
PBR reported that Lexie and Mauney had dated in 2010 and later rekindled their relationship.
They married in May 2012. Contemporary PBR wedding coverage said Mauney had married Lexie in North Carolina the previous week. The report also noted an unusually specific detail: the ceremony had been delayed because swelling from a hand injury made it difficult for Mauney to get a wedding ring onto his finger.
By 2013, Lexie, Mauney and Bella were living as a family in Mooresville, North Carolina. PBR described that summer as a period when Mauney spent more time at home, worked cattle and rode horses with Lexie and Bella between competition commitments.
Lexie also spoke directly in that 2013 profile about the couple trying to keep their family life steady during Mauney’s season. Her comments are useful because they show her as a participant in the family routine rather than as a distant public companion.
The 2013 championship period
Mauney won his first PBR World Championship in 2013, and Lexie was part of his immediate family life throughout that season.
PBR’s coverage linked that year not only to his competitive performance but also to changes in how he approached home life, recovery and responsibility. Newsom’s presence was part of that story, as were Lexie’s comments about maintaining a stable family environment.
It would be too strong to credit Lexie with Mauney’s championship. The evidence supports a narrower conclusion: she was his wife during that season, was publicly present in the family circle around him, and was part of the home and rodeo schedule he was balancing while competing for the title.
Her public visibility continued into 2014. Getty Images documented Lexie and Mauney attending the CMT Music Awards at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville on June 4, 2014.
Bella Mauney and the family record
One of the most persistent errors in recent biographies is the claim that Bella Mauney is Lexie’s biological daughter.
The stronger contemporary record says otherwise. PBR reported that Bella was born in March 2011 and that Mauney rekindled his relationship with Lexie about a year later. An independent 2014 TIME interview with Mauney described Bella as his daughter from a previous relationship.
Lexie was clearly part of the household with J.B. and Bella during the marriage, but that does not establish biological parentage. The available evidence therefore does not support describing Bella as Lexie’s daughter.
This distinction matters because later biographies often repeat the claim as if it were settled fact, sometimes adding an exact birth date and co-parenting details that are not supported by the stronger sources reviewed here.
Work outside rodeo
The clearest employment detail comes from PBR’s reporting on Mauney’s rehabilitation from a knee injury.
In an April 2015 PBR report, Lexie was described as someone who used to work as a physical therapy assistant. The article quoted her discussing the value of physical therapy while Mauney was recovering.
That is a useful historical fact, but the wording should remain precise. It establishes a former occupation, not a lifelong profession and not her current work.
A number of 2026 biographies describe Lexie as a licensed esthetician or eyelash-extension specialist. Those claims were repeated widely but could not be securely tied to an authenticated first-party profile or verified professional licensing record for the same person. They should not be presented as confirmed.
The end of the marriage
The exact legal date of Lexie and Mauney’s divorce remains unclear.
Many secondary biographies place the divorce in 2015, but contemporary PBR reporting was still referring to Lexie as Mauney’s wife on April 29, 2015. Later, The Washington Post reported that Mauney married Samantha Lyne on January 3, 2017.
Those dates establish the broad chronology without establishing the precise legal endpoint. The most accurate account is that the marriage ended after the period documented in spring 2015 and before Mauney’s January 2017 remarriage.
There is also no dependable public account establishing why the marriage ended. Explanations that assign a cause go beyond the verified record.
Current status and the limits of the record
By the late 2010s and into the 2020s, authoritative public reporting about Lexie became much thinner.
As of September 21, 2026, there is no sufficiently strong public evidence establishing her exact birth year, current occupation, current legal surname, spouse or partner, residence, biological child count or net worth.
One 2024 barrel-racing database entry lists a Lexie Wigley Puttkamer as the owner of a barrel horse, and another event result uses the name Lexie Puttkamer. The combination of the uncommon Wigley surname and barrel-racing activity makes the record notable, but there is not enough independent identity evidence to state that the person is definitively Mauney’s former wife.
The same caution applies to claims that Lexie now works in esthetics, has remarried or deliberately withdrew from public life. Those narratives may appear repeatedly across biography websites, but repetition alone does not establish them.
Her exact age is similarly unresolved. A 1987 birth year appears often online, yet no sufficiently strong source in the verified record establishes it. Specific net-worth figures are even less defensible because there are no reliable public financial records supporting them.
Conclusion
Lexie Wiggly is often introduced through her marriage to J.B. Mauney, but the strongest records show a fuller and more specific background. She grew up in Paoli, came from a family connected to Oklahoma rodeo, was identified as Pauls Valley Rodeo Queen in 2002, later competed in barrel racing and at one point worked as a physical therapy assistant.
Her public record becomes much thinner after the mid-2010s. What remains clear is the documented chronology: an Oklahoma rodeo upbringing, a May 2012 marriage to Mauney, a visible place in his family life during the 2013 championship period, and a later separation whose exact date and cause are not publicly established. That evidence is enough to tell her story without filling the gaps with speculation.
