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Country singer Kacey Musgraves and fellow musician Ruston Kelly announced today that they have filed for divorce. The singers, who met in Nashville in 2016, were married on October 14, 2017. While accepting Album of the Year at the 61 Grammys for the 2018 critically acclaimed album Golden hourMusgraves thanked Kelly for her support. “I really think I wouldn’t have this album if I hadn’t met you and you hadn’t opened my heart like you did, so thank you very much,” he said. Kelly is best known for his 2018 studio album Dying star, in which his wife provided choirs.
“With heavy but hopeful hearts, we wanted to express our own thoughts on what is happening,” Musgraves and Kelly said in a statement to the AP on Friday. “These types of ads are always met with scrutiny and speculation and we want to stop that before it starts. We believe that we were put into each other’s lives for a divine reason and we have both changed infinitely for the better. The love we have for each other goes far beyond the relationship we have shared as husband and wife. It is a soul connection that can never be erased. “
“We have made this painful decision together, a healthy decision that comes after a very long period of doing the best we can,” his statement continues. “It just didn’t work. Although we are separating in marriage, we will continue to be true friends for the rest of our lives. We don’t blame, anger, or despise each other and ask for privacy and positive wishes for both of us as we learn to navigate through this. ”
