35 year old Chris Carney and a friend, both of whom were presumably intoxicated at the time- died in a car crash on Highway 70 in Hot Springs, Arkansas, early Friday morning.

Carney was in the car driven by a friend, Ezekiel Blanton- and they were returning from a night out in town. The car they were in flew off the road and slammed into a tree.

Both were pronounced dead on the scene.

Carney was on the MTV reality show ‘twentyfourseven’, and was the lead singer of the group ‘Prom Kings’ He was married to Tiffany Thornton, star of Disney’s ‘Sonny with a Chance’. The pair got married in 2011, and have two children together.

A grieving Thornton took to Instagram to pay a touching tribute to her late partner.

There are so many things I want you to know about Chris but most importantly you must know how earnestly he pursued the Lord, especially in the past year. No one is perfect in this world and we all have our battles but it’s the way we get back on our feet and turn it around that really counts. And he did it. He was so on fire for God and I know he flew straight into the arms of Jesus, his best friend. Please if you’re reading this know that Chris would want you to know the Lord. Don’t wait to run back to God. Our days are numbered and God is just waiting for you to come back to him. There is so much power in the redemption God gives us and I am so grateful that Chris and I got to fall in love all over again this past year. He was on such an amazing path for the Kingdom, having just gone on a mission trip to Peru with his dad where he shared his beautiful testimony and brought so many people to the Lord. He finished writing, directing, producing and editing his first Christian film and he and I got to star in it together as love interests who end up getting married. He was THE BEST father my children could ever have, an incredibly loving and sensitive husband, a wonderful brother and amazing son. He is already so dearly missed but I promise to spend the rest of my life sharing his testimony so that those who feel they have no place or have come from a place of struggle can learn that the love of the Lord can save us all. We will have a service in remembrance of him Monday, December 7th at 3pm and First Church of the Nazarene here in Hot Springs, Arkansas. Visitation will begin at 1:30pm. Thank you for your continued prayers for our family as we grieve the loss of my best friend Chris, the most incredible person I’ve ever had the blessing of knowing.

A photo posted by Tiffany Thornton (@tiffthornton) on Dec 5, 2015 at 1:22pm PST