Kelsea Ballerini Finalized Divorce Hours Earlier than Grammy Nominations

What a whirlwind! Kelsea Ballerini revealed she had fairly the day on Tuesday, November 15, after she and ex-husband Morgan Evans legally dissolved their marriage following their August cut up.

“The reality is that this morning I began my day on the courthouse finalizing my divorce,” the 29-year-old musician told the crowd during her Tuesday performance on the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, Tennessee. “After which getting nominated for a Grammy, after which getting the keys to my dream residence, and now standing within the circle of the Opry.”

The “Peter Pan” songstress added: “And s–t, if that ain’t nation music, I don’t know what’s.”

Ballerini opened as much as her followers in regards to the emotional day by sharing a clip from her Opry present by which she detailed the highs and lows. “If nation music is the reality of life, right here’s mine,” she captioned the in-show speech through her Instagram Story. “What a rattling day.”

Hours earlier, the Tennessee native revealed through social media simply how excited she was about incomes a Grammy nod for her track “Heartfirst” within the Nation Solo Efficiency class. Ballerini beforehand earned nods for Greatest New Artist in 2017 and Greatest Nation Album in 2019.

“The track about following your coronary heart regardless of the place it leads only for nominated for a GRAMMY. couldn’t be extra cosmic,” the two-time CMT Awards cohost wrote through Instagram alongside a video of herself watching the announcement dwell and breaking into tears with a gaggle of pals. “Right here’s to at all times leaping proper in child along with your heartfirst. 🥹🤍😭.”

The “Half of My Hometown” singer’s third Grammy nomination got here three months after she and Evans, 37, confirmed that that they had parted methods after lower than 5 years of marriage.

“They’ve been engaged on their marriage for a few years and have even tried remedy,” an insider solely instructed Us Weekly in August, noting that the twosome “privately separated at one level” earlier than giving their relationship one other shot.

The duo, who tied the knot in December 2017, “finally determined that that they had no selection however to formally separate,” the supply added.

Earlier this month, Us confirmed that the “Gap within the Bottle” singer and the Australia native amicably reached a divorce settlement.

Whereas the exes have seemingly parted methods on good phrases, Ballerini and Evans seemed to be “maintaining their distance” from each other on the Nation Music Affiliation Awards on November 9, a supply solely instructed Us.

The previous flames attended pre-CMAs press occasions on “reverse days” so that they seemingly “wouldn’t run into one another,” the insider defined.

The “Kiss Someone” crooner and the previous Voice coach stayed aside throughout the awards present and “weren’t see collectively in any respect — and by no means crossed paths,” the supply added.

However, the “Miss Me Extra” songstress seemed to be in good spirits as she roamed the Bridgestone Enviornment in Nashville.

“She was always smiling and goofing off when she interacted along with her fellow nominees throughout breaks,” the insider instructed Us, noting that Evans, for his half, was “very pleasant” all through the evening and “made certain to cease and discuss with everybody on the crimson carpet.”