{"id":51224,"date":"2025-11-08T17:42:30","date_gmt":"2025-11-08T17:42:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/08\/kelsea-ballerini-chase-stokes-spotted-holding-hands\/"},"modified":"2025-11-08T17:42:30","modified_gmt":"2025-11-08T17:42:30","slug":"kelsea-ballerini-chase-stokes-spotted-holding-hands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/08\/kelsea-ballerini-chase-stokes-spotted-holding-hands\/","title":{"rendered":"Kelsea Ballerini + Chase Stokes Spotted Holding Hands"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tasteofcountry.com\/tags\/kelsea-ballerini\/\">Kelsea Ballerini<\/a> and her former longtime love, Chase Stokes, were spotted holding hands and looking cozy nearly two months after breaking up, according to a new report.<\/p>\n<h3>Are Kelsea Ballerini + Chase Stokes Back Together?<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/kelsea-ballerini-chase-stokes-spotted-holding-hands-croatia-nearly-2-months-after-split-source-exclusive-11845889\" target=\"_blank\"><em>People<\/em><\/a> reports that a source the celebrity news outlet credits only as &#8220;an onlooker&#8221; saw Ballerini, 32, and 33-year-old Stokes at Kiba Smash Burger in Dubrovnik, Croatia, on Friday (Nov. 7).<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They were holding hands at the table and talking closely,&#8221; the onlooker told <em>People<\/em>. &#8220;After they got up, they walked together hand in hand towards Old Town. They looked very cute.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><em>People<\/em> reached out to reps for both the country singer and the <em>Outer Banks<\/em> actor, who had not responded with a comment by press time.<\/p>\n<h3>When Did Kelsea Ballerini + Chase Stokes Get Together?<\/h3>\n<p>The pair were first linked in 2023, when he posted a photo of them together at the College Football National Championship in January.<\/p>\n<p>They debuted on the red carpet together at the CMT Music Awards in April of 2023.<\/p>\n<h3>When Did Kelsea Ballerini + Chase Stokes Break Up?<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/kelsea-ballerini-chase-stokes-split-after-nearly-3-years-together-exclusive-11780613\" target=\"_blank\"><em>People<\/em><\/a> first reported the breakup on Sept. 14, 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Sources said that though they had tried to make it work, the demands of their separate careers and other factors ultimately made them decide to end their relationship.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They\u2019re\u00a0two adults who gave it their all and tried to do everything they could to make it work, but ultimately couldn\u2019t. It happens,&#8221; a source told <em>People<\/em>.<\/p>\n<h3>What Has Kelsea Ballerini Said About Her Breakup With Chase Stokes?<\/h3>\n<p>Ballerini has not shared any details about the split, but she <a href=\"https:\/\/tasteofcountry.com\/kelsea-ballerini-chase-stokes-breakup-breaks-silence\/\">turned to social media<\/a> in late September to address tabloid reports and fan speculation, writing, &#8220;CC: Speculators, &#8216;sources&#8217; and hidden cameras outside the hair salon. Let us be. Please.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>Has Kelsea Ballerini Ever Been Married?<\/h3>\n<p>Yes. Ballerini <a href=\"https:\/\/tasteofcountry.com\/kelsea-ballerini-marries-morgan-evans\/\">married<\/a> Australian-born country singer <a href=\"https:\/\/tasteofcountry.com\/tags\/morgan-evans\/\">Morgan Evans<\/a> in December of 2017.<\/p>\n<p>She <a href=\"https:\/\/tasteofcountry.com\/kelsea-ballerini-morgan-evans-divorce-finalized\/\">filed for divorce<\/a> on Aug. 26, 2022.<\/p>\n<div class=\"photogallery-wrapper blog-photogallery \">\n<h2 class=\"photogallery-title\">See Country Music&#8217;s 15 Shortest Marriages<\/h2>\n<div class=\"photogallery-description\">\n<p>See country music&#8217;s shortest marriages, including one that only last four days!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"photogallery-credit\">Gallery Credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/tasteofcountry.com\/author\/billydukes\/\" target=\"_blank\">Billy Dukes<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script src=\"https:\/\/tasteofcountry.com\/rest\/carbon\/api\/scripts.js?mver=70&#038;gver=9&#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-chase-stokes-spotted-together-after-breakup\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kelsea Ballerini and her former longtime love, Chase Stokes, were spotted holding hands and looking cozy nearly two months after breaking up, according to&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":51225,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-51224","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\/51224","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=51224"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51224\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51225"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51224"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51224"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51224"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}