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Sure, country music has produced plenty of love songs over the years.<\/p>\n
But for those times when you’re feeling a little down and out in the relationships department, and lovey-dovey lyrics are on your fightin’ side, traditional love songs can be a little too much to take.<\/p>\n
READ MORE<\/em>: 25 Sad Country Songs From the Past 25 Years<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n That’s why Taste of Country has assembled the 28 saddest love songs in country music history, a perfect playlist for your anti-Valentine’s Day campaign or just a bunch of great country songs to listen to if you like the sadder stuff.<\/p>\n Some of these songs are about breaking up even when there’s still a lot of love there. Some are about the hidden pain of ending a relationship that was never supposed to begin in the first place \u2014 because it was an affair.<\/p>\n Two are about the difficulty of getting divorced when there are children in the picture. That topic is so sad, both those songs landed in our Top 10.<\/p>\n Most of the songs on this list are at least a couple of decades old, although there is a small handful of exceptions.<\/p>\n In fact, one song is just a few weeks old at time of publication. Time will tell if the newer stuff can stand up to the solid-gold country heartache we got from artists like Dolly Parton<\/a>, Conway Twitty,<\/a> Reba McEntire<\/a> and Garth Brooks<\/a>.<\/p>\n Staff input formed the backbone of this list and ranking, though we also pulled from sales and streaming data, as well as reader opinion.<\/p>\n Keep reading to see if our No. 1 pick matches yours!<\/p>\n Love hurts sometimes, and nothing can express that pain better than a great country lyric. We’ve tallied up 28 country love songs all about the painful parts of love, from heartache to missed connections to betrayal. Get a box of tissues ready and keep scrolling.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Gallery Credit: Carena Liptak<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nThe 28 Saddest Love Songs in Country Music, Ever<\/h2>\n