Kelsea Ballerini again Chase Stokes have pulled the plug on their relationship for the third time – just weeks after announcing they were back together.
“Kelsea and Chase broke up again. It happened the other day,” the source said. Us Weeklynoting that Ballerini, 32, is “taking it better” than she did in the previous breakup.
While the source notes that Stokes is “not ready to give up” on their relationship, Ballerini is officially “done”.
Eagle-eyed fans also noticed on Friday, February 6, that Ballerini unfollowed Stokes, 33, on Instagram, though Foreign Banks the star still seems to be following him.
Us has reached out to Ballerini and Stokes’ reps for comment.
Ballerini and Stokes, who were first romantically linked in January 2023 when they were spotted at the College Football Playoff National Championship in Los Angeles, split for the first time in September 2025.
At that time, Us confirmed the couple had split just two days after Stokes shared a birthday tribute to Ballerini.
“Even though you keep saying you’re not happy about 32, I can say I’m looking forward to one of these,” she wrote on Instagram on September 12, 2025. “Happy birthday, my love.”
They decided to shoot it again two months later, and multiple sources have confirmed it exclusively Us in november 2025 they are back together.
“Kelsea and Chase are giving their relationship another try,” an insider said Us at that time. “There’s still a lot of love there, so they naturally come back to it.”
However, this reconciliation was short-lived, and after a few weeks, they broke up again.
The duo’s on-off relationship continued in December 2025. Taking to social media to ring in the new year, Ballerini and Stokes revealed that they were back together.
Chase Stokes and Kelsea Ballerini.
(Photo by Unique Nicole/Getty Images for Netflix)“A dirty year for the heart, a dirty year for the outside, a dirty year for the way it was expressed without our hands,” Ballerini wrote on his Instagram story on December 31, 2025. “But what I will say, and what I care more about sharing my personal life again, is that I really love love. I believe in him, I believe in him, and I believe in kissing patterns. I guess.”
Stokes shared his emotional post to confirm the couple’s reconciliation.
“One thing I’ve learned this year: don’t waste your 33 years of life on the best things,” he wrote. “Account for yourself, learn from mistakes. Focus on love and say so. 2026 is my year of growth, my true year. From here, starting now. Happy new year ❤️.”
Kelsea Ballerini and Chase Stokes are “officially back together” after a troubled year. “This time, they’re going with care and purpose,” a source told Us Weekly exclusively. “After a bad breakup, they take real time to figure out what they really want.” An insider told us that […]
Less than a week ago, Ballerini spoke to him Entertainment Tonight about getting back together with Stokes, insisting that the situation is “not as bad” as it seemed.
“I love him so much. We’ve been together for a long time and we’ve done a lot of life together and he was with me getting ready today and he’ll be with me when we wrap. I love love and I believe in it,” he told the press at the 2026 Grammys on Sunday, February 1, Stokes did not attend.
During their relationship, both Stokes and Ballerini spoke out against each other in media interviews.
“I honestly think when you find someone who’s not only someone you love or love, but also your best friend, you’ve got the best of both worlds,” Stokes said of Ballerini during an October 2024 appearance. Today. “And he’s not just a high-class person, but everything you see – whether it’s on social media or on stage – is exactly who he is when he’s not doing those things.
Talking to Us in July 2025, Ballerini showed how the relationship has evolved over time.
“You do it [challenge each other]or it’s boring and you stop and that’s not going to work,” he told us in July. “I think we’re two and a half years in, so [the relationship] it looks very different now than before. I don’t know, I think we’re really similar – and in the ways we’re different, that’s where we disagree. … I wish him all the good things in the world.”
