Expand white balance beyond 2000K for RAW files

I'm finding, with the mixture of lighting situations I find at weddings (evening venues especially) that 2000K sometimes is not enough for me to get a correct white balance. I'm having to apply a filter on top to get a true white balance.
Is there any reason why 2000K is the current limit? If not, could you expand it past 2000K?
Thank-you!

Try http://robertreiser.photography/articles/proper-infrared-white-balance-in-lightroom/

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