Mayci Neeley is an original member of MomTok and a main cast member of Hulu’s The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives. Born February 23, 1995, she is 31 years old as of October 2026. Before reality TV she played Division 1 tennis at Brigham Young University. She now has 3 million followers on TikTok and 1,763,908 on Instagram, as of October 2026. She is the co-founder and CEO of Baby Mama, a natal nutrition company she built out of her own IVF experience, and the author of Told You So, a New York Times bestselling memoir published in October 2025. She has been married to Jacob Neeley since 2018, and they have three children.
Early Life
Mayci Jones Neeley was born in Mission Viejo and grew up in Coto de Caza, a community in Orange County, California. She is the youngest of four children, and tennis ran through the family. Her sister Lauren Jones-Spencer went on to become the women’s tennis head coach at BYU, and other siblings played college tennis at BYU and UCLA.
She was raised in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Her faith runs through her public story, from her college years to her memoir, where she writes about what it cost her and what it gave her.
Before social media, she worked at an advertising agency doing social media, then at Goldman Sachs, and then as a marketing manager for a multi-level marketing company.
Tennis at BYU
Neeley attended Tesoro High School in Orange County, where she won a South Coast League championship and was named a National High School Tennis All-American in 2013. She had scholarship offers from Baylor, Brown, Columbia, Texas A&M and UCLA. She chose a full-ride offer from BYU.
She played at BYU from 2013 to 2018 under her maiden name, Mayci Jones, at the top of the lineup. Match reports from 2016 have her winning at No. 1 singles against Boise State and beating LMU’s Jessica Perez on the top court that spring. Her college record finished at 34-43 in singles and 39-33 in doubles. She was named to the West Coast Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll for 2017-18 with Bronze Honors, and she graduated from BYU, where she studied communications.
Losing Arik and Becoming a Mother
During college, before Arik, Neeley was in an abusive relationship with a different boyfriend. In her memoir she writes that he drugged and raped her. As ET reported from the book, he also held BYU’s Honor Code over her, threatening to share photos and videos of her breaking the code if she left or reported him, which would have cost her place on the team and at the school.
After that relationship ended, she fell in love with Arik Mack and became pregnant at 19. On March 24, 2015, when she was about 14 weeks pregnant, Arik died in a car crash in Spanish Fork Canyon. He was texting her an apology, after she had learned he had cheated, and his final message was a single letter, “J”. She found out he had died from memorial posts appearing in her Instagram feed. Neeley has said she had suicidal thoughts after his death, and that her unborn son is what kept her alive.
Her son Hudson was born in September 2015. She went back to BYU as a single mother at 20, taking a medical redshirt during the 2014-15 season around his birth and finishing her degree with a child at home.
Marriage to Jacob Neeley
Neeley met Jacob Neeley through friends in 2016, when Hudson was 7 months old. They stayed friends for a long stretch before dating. She has written that she was guarded after everything she had been through. Jacob proposed with a homemade book about their relationship, with the proposal on the final page. They married on June 8, 2018.
Jacob works as a sales and finance consultant at AO2 Management, an Amazon brand-growth firm, per his LinkedIn as reported by Parade. He appears on the show and posts as part of the husbands’ “DadTok” circle. He has legally adopted Hudson.
| Child | Born | Father |
|---|---|---|
| Hudson Neeley | September 2015 | Arik Mack (adopted by Jacob Neeley) |
| Harlow Neeley | 2021 | Jacob Neeley |
| Charli May Neeley | July 2025 | Jacob Neeley |
The couple dealt with secondary infertility before having Harlow and Charli. Neeley has said her first IVF round, in 2019, produced one embryo, and their IVF process was documented on the show in Season 2. ET reported in October 2025 that they plan to try for a fourth child.
Rise to Fame: MomTok
MomTok started in 2022, when a group of Mormon mothers in Utah began filming TikToks together under the hashtag. The group formed around Taylor Frankie Paul, and Neeley was an original member, one of the first four women on screen when the TV version arrived. Her content mixed family life with the two subjects she has never softened: her IVF process and her past.
Her reason for posting predates the fame. “I started social media, the blog with the purpose of helping other women,” she told People. “It wasn’t to become an influencer.”
The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives
The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives premiered on Hulu on September 6, 2024, and Neeley has been main cast from the first episode. Hulu’s own cast bio describes her as a former Division 1 tennis player known for her IVF journey and calls her “the one the MomTok group looks up to.”
Her storylines have tracked her real life closely. Season 2 followed the couple’s IVF process. Season 3 paired her with Mikayla Matthews as the group’s self-appointed investigators, the “M&M” team, including a drive to Beaver, Utah to confront Marciano Brunette about what he had told different women in the group. She is filming Season 6 as of autumn 2026.
Baby Mama: The Business She Built From Her Own IVF
Most coverage of Neeley gives Baby Mama one line. The company has a fuller story, and she has told it herself. On the Scheananigans podcast she explained that during her first IVF round in 2019, there was nothing made for the stage before pregnancy. “Your doctor would just take your prenatal,” she said. “Why isn’t there something specific for where I’m at in my journey? And that’s what kind of sparked Baby Mama.”
Baby Mama sells gummy supplements sorted by stage: Fertile Mama for before conception, then prenatal and postnatal formulas. The products are vegan, gluten-free and non-GMO, with natural flavors and no artificial colors, dyes or preservatives. She has said she chose gummies because she dislikes taking pills. Supplement retailers were stocking and reviewing the products by late 2024. She runs the company as CEO while filming a reality show and raising three children, and the brand sells through its Instagram account and its own site.
Baby Mama is not her only venture. Her TikTok bio lists her as CEO of Sinner Sunday, her confessional segment, which ran live as Sinner Sunday Confessions at the MomTok Live show in Las Vegas on June 7, 2025, and of Jonesy Jewelry, a brand named for her maiden name, Jones.
Told You So: The Memoir
Told You So was published by Simon & Schuster on October 7, 2025. The publisher bills it as an instant New York Times bestseller. Neeley worked on the book for about ten years, and the deal itself was announced on the show in Season 3.
The memoir covers the parts of her life the show has handled carefully or not at all: the abusive college relationship and the assault, losing Arik while pregnant, becoming a mother at 20, returning to college as a single mother, her faith, and meeting Jacob. There is a reason the book carries that material. Season 1 of the show filmed Neeley returning to the place where she was sexually assaulted, and the footage was cut. She told Us Weekly she wished it had aired. The memoir is where that story ended up.
She promoted the book through a heavy run of interviews in October 2025, including The Squeeze, Not Skinny But Not Fat, Whine Down with Jana Kramer and Work in Progress with Sophia Bush, plus an exclusive with ET.
2025 to 2026: Recent Developments
Her third child, Charli May, was born in July 2025, and People covered the family’s first Christmas as a family of five that December. The memoir followed in October 2025.
In March 2026, her daughter Charli, then eight months old, was hospitalized with a 102-degree fever and wheezy breathing. She was treated for a double ear infection with steroids, antibiotics and oxygen before being discharged home to recover, an ordeal Neeley shared in real time on her Instagram Stories.
In June 2026, she and Jacob marked eight years of marriage. People covered the anniversary from the couple’s own posts, including Jacob’s note that the key to their marriage is not taking yourself too seriously, and a second piece about Neeley making him get his first spray tan.
The open question is the show. Mikayla Matthews announced on September 14, 2026 that she was leaving The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives. Asked about her own future, Neeley told a fan, “I am finishing this current season we are filming and then not sure after that!” She and Layla Taylor both weighed leaving after Season 6 in the same round of coverage. Neeley has also posted that scenes she filmed for Seasons 4 and 5 were cut, and that her reasons for doing the show are providing for her family and sharing her story. Her older sister, McCall DaPron, was announced in April 2026 as a cast member of the Orange County spinoff.
Frequently Asked Questions
How old is Mayci Neeley?
Mayci Neeley was born on February 23, 1995. She is 31 years old as of October 2026.
Who is Mayci Neeley’s husband?
Her husband is Jacob Neeley. They married on June 8, 2018. He works as a sales and finance consultant at AO2 Management, per his LinkedIn as reported by Parade, appears on the show as part of the “DadTok” husbands, and has legally adopted her son Hudson.
Was Mayci Neeley married before Jacob?
No. Jacob is her only husband. Arik Mack, the father of her son Hudson, was her boyfriend, not her husband. Some coverage blurs this, but Neeley has been married once.
Who was Arik Mack?
Arik Mack was Neeley’s boyfriend after college and Hudson’s father. He died in a car crash in Spanish Fork Canyon on March 24, 2015, while she was about 14 weeks pregnant. Her memoir opens with his death.
How many children does Mayci Neeley have?
Three. Hudson was born in September 2015, Harlow in 2021, and Charli May in July 2025. She and Jacob have said they plan to try for a fourth.
What is Baby Mama?
Baby Mama is the natal nutrition company Neeley co-founded and runs as CEO. It sells gummy supplements by stage, starting with Fertile Mama for before conception, plus prenatal and postnatal formulas. The idea came from her first IVF round in 2019, when she found nothing made for women trying to conceive.
What is Mayci Neeley’s book about?
Told You So, published by Simon & Schuster on October 7, 2025, is her memoir. It covers her abusive college relationship and sexual assault, losing Hudson’s father in a car crash, becoming a mother at 20, her faith, and meeting Jacob. It became a New York Times bestseller.
Did Mayci Neeley play tennis in college?
Yes. She played Division 1 tennis at BYU from 2013 to 2018 under her maiden name, Mayci Jones, including wins at No. 1 singles. Before BYU she was a National High School Tennis All-American at Tesoro High School in 2013.
Is Mayci Neeley leaving The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives?
She has not decided publicly. After Mikayla Matthews announced her exit in September 2026, Neeley said she is finishing Season 6, which is filming now, “and then not sure after that.”
What is Mayci Neeley’s net worth?
No verified figure exists. Sites that publish estimates put her net worth anywhere from $500,000 to $6 million, and none of those numbers is confirmed. The one earnings figure Neeley has confirmed herself is $75,000, which she told E! she made from a single brand partnership in one year.
