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Carly Pearce<\/a> has never shied away from being honest about the short-lived marriage that changed her life, and she’s now looking back at one very specific piece of music from that chapter with some serious regret.<\/p>\n Pearce was married to fellow country singer Michael Ray<\/a> for just eight months, from October 2019 until she filed for divorce in June 2020.<\/p>\n She has been increasingly candid about the relationship in recent years, including admitting that she knew on her wedding night that she had made \u201ca very big mistake.\u201d<\/p>\n Now, she’s taking a similarly blunt look at the music she made<\/a> during that time \u2014 and there’s one song in particular she’d happily take back.<\/p>\n During a recent chat with Entertainment Tonight<\/em><\/a>, Pearce played a game of \u201cSip or Spill\u201d and was asked if there was a song she wished she never would have released.<\/p>\n She was more than willing to spill, naming her duet with her ex instantly.<\/p>\n Read More:\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>Carly Pearce Gets Brutally Honest About ‘Jealousy’ on New Album \u2018Honest Woman\u2019 [EXCLUSIVE]<\/a><\/p>\n \u201c\u2018Finish Your Sentences\u2019 with Michael Ray,\u201d Pearce answered. \u201cThat didn\u2019t age well. Whoops\u2026 Oops\u2026 Sorry.\u201d<\/p>\n The song appeared on Pearce’s self-titled sophomore album and was released as a duet with Ray, whom she would marry a few years later.<\/p>\n Pearce has been open about<\/a> how quickly she realized her marriage wasn’t what she thought it would be.<\/p>\n Read More:<\/em>\u00a0<\/b>Carly Pearce Knew Marriage to Michael Ray Was a Mistake<\/a><\/p>\n During a recent conversation with David Begnaud on The Person Who Believed in Me podcast, she recalled knowing on her wedding day that something wasn’t right.<\/p>\n \u201cYou know when you just know something\u2019s not how it should be? I think everybody in my life knew I had made a\u2026 he made it very clear that I made a very big mistake,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n Read More:\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>Love Hurts: 20 Celebrity Breakups We Never Saw Coming<\/a><\/p>\n Pearce has described Ray as having a \u201cJekyll and Hyde\u201d personality and said she didn’t recognize that side<\/a> of him until it was too late. Still, she says the experience taught her a great deal about herself and her own strength.<\/p>\n She ultimately chose to \u201cblow her life up\u201d rather than stay in a situation she knew wasn’t what she deserved.<\/p>\n Pearce is coming off the release of her fifth studio album, Honest Woman<\/em><\/strong>, and has already established 29: Written in Stone<\/em><\/strong> as one of the defining records of her career.<\/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 One Song She Wishes She Never Released<\/h3>\n
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