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Does Kelsea Ballerini Have Any Kids With Husband Morgan Evans? Why Divorce?

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Abigail Rogers

Updated on March 29, 2026

Kelsea Ballerini is the first woman since Carrie Underwood in 2006 to have her first single reach the top of the Country Airplay charts.

On the Hot Country Songs and Country Airplay charts, seven of her songs from her first two albums, “The First Time” and “Unapologetically,” are listed.

“Love Me Like You Mean It,” her first single, was the one that changed Carrie Underwood’s history. The musical prodigy started writing songs at a young age, which was impressive and set him up for a bright future in the business.

Kelsea Ballerini
Kelsea Ballerini

Kelsea Ballerini and her husband, Morgan Evans, don’t have any children

The singer of “Dibs” and “Peter Pan” found love in 2016 when she met Morgan Evans, an Australian country singer. They had just started dating in March, and they got engaged a few months later, just before Christmas that year.

A year later, on December 2, 2017, in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, these two singers tied the knot. Since then, Kelsea and Morgan’s marriage has been going well.

While they were married, they didn’t have any children because they were happy with their musical marriage and got along well.

Their days were full of love, music, and helping each other out with their country music careers.

Evans is also a country singer and songwriter. In March 2014, he released his first studio album, which was called “Evans.” When his first album reached number 20 on the ARIA Albums Chart, he became a big deal in the Australian country music scene.

The next year, he made a lot of progress. His second studio album, “Things That We Drink To,” won the ARIA Award for Best Country Album.

Morgan also became well-known in the United States when his song “Kiss Somebody” became a crossover hit in 2017, according to The Music Network.

So, the award-winning couple enjoyed their marriage without having a child and are now on the verge of getting a divorce in 2022.

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Kelsea Ballerini and Morgan Evans are going through the process of getting a divorce, but no one knows why

After five years of marriage, the musical couple has decided to end their relationship.

Kelsea told Morgan Evans on August 29 that they were getting a divorce, but she didn’t say why. Kelsea was the first person to tell her ex-husband the news.

Evans wrote on his Instagram stories, “I’m very sad to say that Kelsea and I are splitting up after almost 5 years of marriage. I wish things were different, but they’re not.”

U.S. Magazine was one of the first news outlets to confirm the news. The exact reason why the two are no longer together is still a secret.

Kelsea’s statement confirms that she and Morgan are healing and will be focusing on their careers instead.

The couple used to live together in Tennessee, which is Kelsea’s home state. Morgan, on the other hand, is from Newcastle, New South Wales.

Morgan will stay in the U.S. even after he gets divorced because he wants to focus on his career.

Kelsea Ballerini comes from wealthy parents and a family background that has helped her in her career

Kelsea, a country singer who made history, was sure to do well in the business when her family supported her singing dreams.

Her parents were also sure to give her the training and confidence she would need to have a career in music.

Kelsea Ballerini was born in Tennessee on September 12, 1993, to Ed and Carla Ballerini. She was their only child.

Her father used to be the sales manager for a country radio station, and her mother used to work in the marketing department for Thomas Nelson Bible Publishing and a sponsorship company.

The “Peter Pan” singer has Italian ancestry through her father, who is of Italian descent.

Since both of her parents worked in important jobs, they made sure that their only child grew up healthy and happy.

So, Ed and Carla still believed in Kelsea’s goal of making it big in the music or entertainment business. The country singer, who is now 28, started dancing when she was three, but she stopped after ten years.

The Sun said that when Kelsea was young, she was a big Britney Spears fan and would often do the “Britney growl.” Ed would often tell this story to his friends.

Kelsea and her parents have a great relationship now. Ed and Carla go to many of their daughter’s events and take pictures with her.

Early years

Ballerini grew up in Knoxville, Tennessee. Her father, Ed, is part Italian and used to work as a sales manager for a country radio station. Carla, her mother, has worked in marketing for a Bible publisher called Thomas Nelson and for a company that helps people get sponsors. She has no siblings. She started going to Premiere Dance Studio in Seymour, Tennessee, when she was three years old and stopped going when she was ten years old. She sang in the church and school choirs. She wrote her first song when she was 12 and gave it to her mother. Three years later, she moved to Nashville, Tennessee. She went to Central High School in Knoxville, Tennessee, and Centennial High School in Franklin, Tennessee. After that, she spent two years at Lipscomb University before going into music.

 Kelsea Ballerini
Kelsea Ballerini

Career

She signed a contract with Black River Entertainment when she was 19. In late 2014, she released her debut single “Love Me Like You Mean It”, which debuted on the Country Airplay chart in October 2014. In November, she put out an EP called “Self-Titled” for the label. In 2014, CMT named her one of the Next Women of Country. On February 14, 2015, she sang for the first time at the Grand Ole Opry. The song she sang was “Love Me Like You Mean It.” [6] Ballerini’s first album, The First Time, came out on May 19, 2015, through Black River. For the chart dated July 4, 2015, the first single from the album, “Love Me Like You Mean It,” reached number one on the Billboard Country Airplay chart. This made Ballerini the first solo female country music artist since Carrie Underwood’s “Jesus, Take the Wheel” in 2006 to have a number one hit with her debut single, and only the eleventh in history to do so. When “Dibs” hit the top of the Country Airplay chart, it made Ballerini the first solo female country music artist since Jamie O’Neal in 2001 to have back-to-back number one hits with her first two singles. She is one of only five solo female country music artists to do this.

Ballerini in 2014

“Peter Pan” is the third single from the album. It came out on country radio on March 21, 2016. In September, “Peter Pan” was at the top of both the Country Airplay and Hot Country Songs charts. This made Ballerini the first solo female country music artist to be at the top of both charts at the same time. This achievement also made her the first solo female to send her first three singles to number one since Wynonna Judd accomplished the same feat in 1992. “Yeah Boy,” the fourth single from the album, came out on country radio on October 10, 2016.

From 2017 to 2019, he won’t apologize for coaching “The Voice” and joining the Grand Ole Opry.

Early in 2017, Ballerini was put at number two on Forbes’ 30 Under 30 – Music list. Ballerini was nominated for two Academy of Country Music Awards in 2017 for “Peter Pan.” She was up for Female Vocalist of the Year and Video of the Year. “Legends” was the first single from Ballerini’s second studio album. It came out in June 2017. She put out her second album, Unapologetically, on November 3. The album debuted at number three on the Billboard Top Country Album Chart and number seven on the Billboard 200 Album Chart. This was her highest-charting album on both charts.

“I Hate Love Songs” was the second single from the album. It came out in March. In September 2018, she said she would put out a deluxe version of the album with four new songs. The EDM-pop duo The Chainsmokers put out a song with Ballerini called “This Feeling” on September 18, 2018. The song was later played at the 2018 Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show in November. “Miss Me More,” the third and last single from Unapologetically, came out in October 2018. In October, she sang on “Dance With Me,” a song by her husband Morgan Evans. Ballerini became the fifth coach on The Voice’s 15th season. In a new round called “The Comeback Stage,” she helped six contestants who did not get a chair turn during “The Blinds.” The Comeback Stage was a web series that went along with the show. The song “We Were Like” by Ballerini came out in October 2018. At the 61st Grammy Awards, which took place in December 2018, Unapologetically was nominated for Best Country Album.

Little Big Town asked Kelsea Ballerini to join the Grand Ole Opry on March 5, 2019. Carrie Underwood made her a member of the Grand Ole Opry on April 16, 2019. In April 2019, Ballerini started the Miss Me More Tour to promote Unapologetically. Ballerini sold out several shows on the tour, so it was a success. Ballerini appeared on the NBC competition show Songland in June 2019 and released the song “Better Luck Next Time” at the same time.

Kelsea and Ballerini in 2019–2021

In July of 2019, Ballerini posted on Instagram that her third studio album was done. On September 6, 2019, Ballerini released “Homecoming Queen?,” the first single from her third album, which was due out soon. The song debuted at number 22 on the Country Airplay chart, which was Ballerini’s highest debut on the chart to date. Ballerini put out the promotional single “Club” on November 8. On January 20, 2020, Ballerini confirmed that the album is called Kelsea and that it came out on March 20, 2020. The news came out at the same time as the second promotional single, “LA.” On February 28, she released the all-lowercase single “Hole in the Bottle” and announced that “Half of My Hometown” with Kenny Chesney and “The Other Girl” with Halsey would be on her album Kelsea.

On September 2, Ballerini said that she would be putting out an album called Ballerini, which would have stripped-down versions of the songs from Kelsea. On September 11, 2020, it came out. The album announcement came out at the same time as the stripped-down version of “Club.” She said that Ballerini was “sensitive, emotional, and soft,” while Kelsea showed that she was “brave and bubbly.” On October 16, 2020, Kelsea and Ballerini will have a double album that can only be bought at Target.

During Season 20 of The Voice in 2021, Ballerini filled in for Kelly Clarkson as a coach for a short time.

She and Kane Brown co-hosted the 2021 CMT Music Awards, where she won the CMT Performance of the Year award. In May, it was announced that she would open for the Jonas Brothers on their August-starting Remember This tour. Feel Your Way Through, her first book of poetry, came out on November 16, 2021.