Secret Splits & Heartbreak Behind Country Music’s Biggest Divorces

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KELLY CLARKSON & BRANDON BLACKSTOCK

The singer and talk show host, 42, endured an “extraordinarily hard” divorce from her husband of nearly seven years, 48, who also her manager, after filing in 2020. He demanded millions in spousal and child support, while she sued his firm over millions in past commissions.

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BLAKE SHELTON & MIRANDA LAMBERT

After the former The Voice coach, 48, quietly filed to divorce his second wife, 41, in 2015, after four years of marriage, it took an Oklahoma judge just two weeks to finalize it. The sudden, secretive nature of their breakup led to unconfirmed allegations of infidelity that haunted the pair for years.

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LEANN RIMES & DEAN SHEREMET

The “Blue” singer, 42, had an affair with actor Eddie Cibrian, 51, while filming a Lifetime movie in 2008. It blew up both their marriages — hers to dancer turned chef Dean, 44, and Eddie’s to future Real Housewives of Beverly Hills alum Brandi Glanville, 52 — paving the way for LeAnn and Eddie to wed in 2011.

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JASON ALDEAN & JESSICA USSERY

Another cheating scandal! In 2012, photographers caught the “Dirt Road Anthem” singer, 48, kissing American Idol contestant Brittany Kerr, 36, at a Hollywood bar. He and his wife of 12 years split the following year — and he wed his former mistress in 2015.

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JANA KRAMER & MIKE CAUSSIN

The One Tree Hill actress and country singer, 41, says she “lost almost half” of her money by the time her roller-coaster six-year marriage to the former NFL player, 38, finally ended in 2021 in the wake of his sex addiction issues and multiple affairs.

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KELSEA BALLERINI & MORGAN EVANS

She blamed a sense of “disconnection” and feeling “resentful” for ending her five-year marriage in 2022. The Australian country singer, 40, countered that Kelsea, 31, felt “unhappy” and left out of the blue. In 2023, Page Six alleged she’d cheated with The Chainsmokers’ Drew Taggart, 35.