'19 Kids & Counting' Jana Duggar Leaving Show: Jill and Jessa's Sister Quits TLC Series for New Project

Is 19 Kids & Counting about to be down one Duggar? It's being reported that the eldest daughter of Michelle and Jim Bob Duggar, Jana, is looking to get out of the reality TV business. It seems the 25-year-old star is thinking of branching out from the TLC series and is hoping to pursue her own career, which doesn't involve being an unpaid baby-sitter to her siblings. According to Radar Online, the star's hoping to spread her wings and fly while following some of her own passions.

"Jane just turned 25, so she knows she needs to get on with her education if she doesn't want to be stuck at her mom and dad's house in Arkansas forever," an insider explained to OK! magazine. "She told her parents that she was looking at Christian colleges and would be applying soon."

A photo posted by Jana Duggar (@janaduggar) on Oct 8, 2014 at 7:11pm PDT

But according to the news site, it seems one person's not too happy about Jana's decision to go to college. In fact, the patriarch of the Duggar family, Jim Bob, has even been trying to talk her out of her decision.

Yet it seems that what has really set a fire burning under Jana is that her sister Jill and sister-in-law Anna are both giving birth soon and she wants to get on with her life before she gets sucked into baby-sitting duties.

The site also reported that "this is probably the first time that Jana has really stuck up for herself."

The Inquistr is speculating that Jana, a concert pianist, might follow in the footsteps of friend Erin Bates, who also has a large family and reality show. Erin attended The Crown College of Bible, which has a music program that Jana might be interested in.

Image courtesy Jana Duggar's Instagram