{"id":47450,"date":"2025-09-24T19:12:50","date_gmt":"2025-09-24T19:12:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/24\/kelsea-ballerini-revealed-her-biggest-struggle-in-relationships\/"},"modified":"2025-09-24T19:12:50","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T19:12:50","slug":"kelsea-ballerini-revealed-her-biggest-struggle-in-relationships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/24\/kelsea-ballerini-revealed-her-biggest-struggle-in-relationships\/","title":{"rendered":"Kelsea Ballerini Revealed Her Biggest Struggle in Relationships"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p data-start=\"80\" data-end=\"373\">With <a href=\"https:\/\/tasteofcountry.com\/tags\/Kelsea-Ballerini\">Kelsea Ballerini<\/a> and her boyfriend Chase Stokes making headlines after their <a href=\"https:\/\/tasteofcountry.com\/kelsea-ballerini-chase-stokes-breakup-breaks-silence\/\">split<\/a>, an earlier conversation sheds light on what she finds most difficult in relationships. In a past interview with <em data-start=\"281\" data-end=\"306\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tasteofcountry.com\/nights\">Taste of Country Nights<\/a><\/em>\u2019 Evan Paul, Ballerini admitted what she struggles with the most.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"89\" data-end=\"345\">Ballerini explained, \u201cI like to be able to take care of myself,\u201d admitting that her naturally independent streak has made relationships challenging. One of her biggest struggles, she shared, is stepping outside of that independence when it comes to love.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"347\" data-end=\"479\">\u201cI think because of that it was really hard for me to lean into, like, you are now with this person and you are a unit,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"63\" data-end=\"325\">Ballerini said, \u201cI like to be able to take care of myself,\u201d acknowledging that her independent nature can make relationships challenging. She admitted that one of her biggest struggles is learning how to step outside of that independence when it comes to love.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"327\" data-end=\"461\">\u201cI think because of that, it was really hard for me to lean into, like, you are now with this person and you are a unit,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"46\" data-end=\"219\">After finalizing her divorce from Morgan Evans in November 2022, Ballerini released the powerful EP <em data-start=\"146\" data-end=\"174\">Rolling Up the Welcome Mat<\/em> just a few months later, in February 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Ballerini has yet to go on the record about the reasons for the split from Stokes, but some <a href=\"https:\/\/tasteofcountry.com\/why-kelsea-ballerini-chase-stokes-broke-up\/\">close to the situation<\/a>\u00a0say\u00a0that it was a &#8220;hard&#8221; breakup and that they had been arguing for weeks leading up to the split.<\/p>\n<h3>How Old is Kelsea Ballerini?<\/h3>\n<p>The &#8220;Baggage&#8221; singer is\u00a032 years old and was born on\u00a0Sept.\u00a012, 1993.<\/p>\n<div class=\"branded-app-shortcode-inarticle\">\n<div class=\"logo-wrap\" rel=\"fwef\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3>Who is Kelsea Ballerini&#8217;s Ex-Husband?<\/h3>\n<p>Kelsea Ballerini&#8217;s ex-husband is country singer <a href=\"https:\/\/tasteofcountry.com\/tags\/morgan-evans\/\">Morgan Evans<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"photogallery-wrapper blog-photogallery \">\n<h2 class=\"photogallery-title\">Kelsea Ballerini&#8217;s &#8216;Austin City Limits&#8217; Debut<\/h2>\n<div class=\"photogallery-description\">\n<p>Kelsea Ballerini flew to Texas during her summer break to make her debut on the <em>Austin City Limits<\/em> television stage on Thursday, July 10. The episode was taped to air during the long-running music show&#8217;s 51st season.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"photogallery-wrapper blog-photogallery \">\n<h2 class=\"photogallery-title\">8 Brutally Honest Divorce Lyrics From Kelsea Ballerini&#8217;s &#8216;Rolling Up the Welcome Mat&#8217; EP<\/h2>\n<div class=\"photogallery-description\">\n<p>Kelsea Balerini opened up her divorce diary in February 2023 with her <em>Rolling Up the Welcome Mat<\/em> EP, a project that follows the stages of a breakup \u2014 from grief and loneliness to anger to acceptance \u2014 in chronological order. Here are eight of the most revealing lyrics from the project.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"photogallery-credit\">Gallery Credit: Carena Liptak<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script src=\"https:\/\/tasteofcountry.com\/rest\/carbon\/api\/scripts.js?mver=70&#038;gver=6&#038;bid=204&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fbtloader.com%2Ftag%3Fo%3D5642230212591616%26upapi%3Dtrue&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.p-n.io%2Fpushly-sdk.min.js%3Fdomain_key%3DGbJ4PR9JZzdxdLXzJnfIG9ZgkXSFQNevIcIY&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Ftownsquare.media%2Fpublic%2Fresources%2Fjs%2Fpubcid.min.js&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fplatform.twitter.com%2Fwidgets.js&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fapis.google.com%2Fjs%2Fplatform.js&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fconnect.facebook.net%2Fen_US%2Fsdk.js&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.pinterest.com%2Fjs%2Fpinit.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\" async defer data-osano=\"ESSENTIAL\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/tasteofcountry.com\/kelsea-ballerini-relationship-struggles-interview\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With Kelsea Ballerini and her boyfriend Chase Stokes making headlines after their split, an earlier conversation sheds light on what she finds most difficult&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":47451,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47450","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-country","article","has-excerpt","has-avatar","has-author","has-date","has-comment-count","has-category-meta","has-read-more","thumbnail-"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47450","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47450"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47450\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47451"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47450"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47450"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47450"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}