Candi Staton was married to Jimmy James from 1974 until 1977. Two years after divorcing James she married someone else. There isn’t much information about Jimmy James on the internet yet.
In Europe, Staton’s biggest-selling record is the anthemic “You Got the Love” from 1986, released in collaboration with the Source.
In 1982, Staton returned to gospel music. Staton and her then-husband, John Sussewell, founded Beracah Ministries in Atlanta, Georgia, with help from Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker’s PTL Ministries. Staton has since recorded twelve gospel albums, two of which received Grammy Award nominations.
Staton appears on the United Nations Register of Entertainers, Actors and Others Who Have Performed in Apartheid South Africa. Creatively, Candi has moved between soul and R&B, gospel, disco and even EDM before returning to her roots as an elder stateswoman.