Jada Pinkett Smith , Reveals She Has Been Separated , From Will Smith Since 2016.br NBC reports that Jada Pinkett Smith has br discussed new information about her relationship with her husband, Will Smith. .br NBC reports that Jada Pinkett Smith has br discussed new information about her relationship with her husband, Will Smith. .br In an upcoming NBC News prime-time special, br Pinkett Smith said that the couple has br lived "completely separate lives" for years.br Their separation comes br nearly 20 years after br they married in 1997.br In her upcoming memoir, 'Worthy,' Pinkett Smith shared br more details about the couple's relationship, including br how it began and where it currently stands.br According to Pinkett Smith, their relationship br status was kept secret because they were , "Still trying to figure out between the two of us br how to be in partnership ... In regards to, how do we br present that to people? We hadn’t figured that out.".br By the time we got to 2016, br we were just exhausted with trying. br I think we were both kind of just still br stuck in our fantasy of what we br thought the other person should be, Jada Pinkett Smith, via NBC.br NBC reports that Pinkett Smith added br that she has never been able to go through br with a legal divorce, despite considering it. .br I made a promise that there br will never be a reason for us br to get a divorce. We will br work through ... whatever. br I just haven’t been able br to break that promise, Jada Pinkett Smith, via NBC.br The couple has two children, br their 21-year-old daughter, Willow, br and their 24-year-old son, Jaden. .br Pinkett Smith's memoir calls their relationship a , "rollercoaster ride from the depths of suicidal depression to the heights of personal rediscovery and the celebration of authentic feminine power.