<\/p>\n
’90s country legend Jo Dee Messina<\/a><\/strong> is feeling grateful.<\/p>\n The \u201cHeads Carolina, Tails California\u201d singer paired up with one of country music\u2019s brightest young stars for a duet of Messina\u2019s iconic hit \u201cLesson in Leavin\u2019,\u201d leaving her\u2014and her fans\u2014grateful.<\/p>\n On Thursday, country music up-and-comer Ella Langley<\/a><\/strong> brought out surprise guest Jo Dee Messina during her first of two shows at the legendary Ryman Auditorium<\/a> in Nashville, TN. The pitch-perfect pair teamed up for Messina\u2019s 1998 hit \u201cLesson in Leavin\u2019,\u201d featuring the iconic lyric \u201cOver and over again, you\u2019re a fool-hearted man.\u201d<\/p>\n Messina took to social media to share her enthusiasm for the pairing, writing, \u201cI am so grateful that I got to see @EllaLangley kill it at The Ryman! Thank you for letting me be a part of it.\u201d<\/p>\n Fans shared her excitement and quickly joined the chat.<\/p>\n \u201cMy two fav gals in country,\u201d commented one fan. Another shared, \u201cElla and Jo Dee are incredible singing together.\u201d<\/p>\n Another called them \u201cSoulful sisters.\u201d<\/p>\n While Messina is a long-established country music veteran\u2014twice nominated for Grammy Awards, with several number-one hits and multi-platinum albums\u2014the 26-year-old Langley represents the next generation of country stars.<\/p>\n Born in Hope Hull, Alabama, Langley released her debut album Hungover in 2024. \u201cYou Look Like You Love Me,\u201d her duet with Riley Green<\/strong>, earned major attention as her breakthrough number-one on country radio.<\/p>\n A longtime fan of Messina, Langley often covers Messina\u2019s hits, including solo performances of \u201cLesson in Leavin\u2019.\u201d A video of Langley\u2019s acoustic version of the song went viral, earning praise from fans of both singers.<\/p>\n Langley is currently on tour<\/a>, including two sold-out shows at the Ryman. Messina, who continues to perform select tour dates through 2026, is back in the studio recording her first album in over a decade. She announced her return to the studio in an October 2025 social media post<\/a>, leaving fans eagerly awaiting her new music.<\/p>\n In the meantime, powerhouse performances like her duet with Ella Langley are keeping fans satisfied while they await the latest from the country music icon. is feeling grateful.<\/p>\n \ud83c\udfacSIGN UP for Parade’s Daily newsletter to get the latest pop culture news & celebrity interviews delivered right to your inbox<\/strong><\/a>\ud83c\udfac<\/p>\n This story was originally reported by Parade<\/a> on Nov 7, 2025, where it first appeared in the Celebs<\/a> section. Add Parade as a Preferred Source by clicking here.<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" ’90s country legend Jo Dee Messina is feeling grateful. The \u201cHeads Carolina, Tails California\u201d singer paired up with one of country music\u2019s brightest young stars for a duet of Messina\u2019s iconic hit \u201cLesson in Leavin\u2019,\u201d leaving her\u2014and her fans\u2014grateful. On Thursday, country music up-and-comer Ella Langley brought out surprise guest Jo Dee Messina during her […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2145757,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25173],"tags":[22846,333330,339678,409915,366798],"class_list":["post-2145756","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artists","tag-country-music","tag-ella-langley","tag-jo-dee-messina","tag-lesson-in-leavin","tag-ryman-auditorium"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/90s-Music-Queen-Rising-Country-Star-Rock-the-Ryman.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2145756","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2145756"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2145756\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2145758,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2145756\/revisions\/2145758"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2145757"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2145756"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2145756"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2145756"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Jo Dee Messina and Ella Langley: A Country Duet for the Ages<\/h3>\n