Twain and Lange in London in 2000
Husband Calls Shania Twain Split 'Unfortunate' | Shania Twain
Robert "Mutt" Lange tells PEOPLE exclusively that his split from Shania Twain is "unfortunate."

"It's just an unfortunate thing that's happened," Lange told PEOPLE shortly after the couple's separation
was announced Thursday. "It's literally just a growing apart, that's all."

A source close to Twain also tells PEOPLE that the singer didn't expect the split. "She's devastated," another source says. "She's getting through it with a very close-knit group of family and friends."

Twain, 42, and Lange, 59, married after a six-month courtship in 1993. They have a 6-year-old son, Eja D'Angelo.

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