{"id":2219026,"date":"2026-01-01T17:14:45","date_gmt":"2026-01-01T17:14:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2219026"},"modified":"2026-01-01T17:14:45","modified_gmt":"2026-01-01T17:14:45","slug":"kelsea-ballerini-on-why-she-and-chase-stokes-got-back-together","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/kelsea-ballerini-on-why-she-and-chase-stokes-got-back-together\/","title":{"rendered":"Kelsea Ballerini on Why She and Chase Stokes Got Back Together"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-journey-body=\"standard-article\">\n<hr data-node-id=\"0\" class=\"css-18pb4rg emevuu60\"\/>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"1\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\"><strong data-node-id=\"1.0\">THE RUNDOWN<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul data-node-id=\"2\" class=\"css-kw9lqy emevuu60\">\n<li data-node-id=\"2.0\">Chase Stokes and Kelsea Ballerini announced they got back together after breaking up in the fall.<\/li>\n<li data-node-id=\"2.1\">Ballerini alluded to why she gave Stokes another chance in her caption, writing, \u201cI believe in breaking patterns.\u201d<\/li>\n<li data-node-id=\"2.2\">Both Stokes and Ballerini shared new photos together in their posts. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr data-node-id=\"3\" class=\"css-18pb4rg emevuu60\"\/>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"4\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\">Chase Stokes and Kelsea Ballerini ended 2025 with an announcement: After <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.elle.com\/preview\/chase-stokes-hints-at-kelsea-ballerini-breakup-dont-believe-the-media-im-blocked?content=d03068e3-5c70-4e5c-815b-90ed161a4c3c&amp;type=standard-article\" target=\"_blank\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/www.elle.com\/preview\/chase-stokes-hints-at-kelsea-ballerini-breakup-dont-believe-the-media-im-blocked?content=d03068e3-5c70-4e5c-815b-90ed161a4c3c&amp;type=standard-article\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"two public breakups\" data-node-id=\"4.1\" class=\"body-link css-inlxvj emevuu60\">two public breakups<\/a>, they have gotten back together. Ballerini explained why the couple decided to give <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.elle.com\/culture\/celebrities\/a43083359\/chase-stokes-kelsea-ballerini-complete-relationship-timeline\/#november-2025\" target=\"_blank\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/www.elle.com\/culture\/celebrities\/a43083359\/chase-stokes-kelsea-ballerini-complete-relationship-timeline\/#november-2025\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"their nearly three-year romance\" data-node-id=\"4.3\" class=\"body-link css-inlxvj emevuu60\">their nearly three-year romance<\/a> another go on her Instagram Story.<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"5\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\">\u201cMessy year for the heart, messy year for the outside coming in, messy year for the way it became an out of our hands portrayal of it,\u201d she wrote. \u201cBut what I\u2019ll say, and all I really care to share indefinitely with my personal life anymore, is that I really love love. I believe in it, I believe in him, and I believe in breaking patterns. Now go kiss your person and stop speculating.\u201d<\/p>\n<section data-embed=\"watch-next\" data-lazy-id=\"P0-14\" data-node-id=\"6\" class=\"embed\"\/>\n<section data-embed=\"body-image\" data-lazy-id=\"P0-15\" data-node-id=\"7\" class=\"embed\">\n<div size=\"medium\" data-embed=\"body-image\" class=\"align-center size-medium embed css-y6m8k e1fodxfw4\">\n<div class=\"css-uwraif e1fodxfw3\"><\/p>\n<p><figcaption data-theme-key=\"photo-credit-figcaption\" class=\"css-1am3yn9 e1g9hcy40\"><span class=\"css-pqdk4t e1geg53v1\">Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"8\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\">Stokes shared a message of his own on Instagram alongside photos of them together. \u201cSomething I\u2019ve learned this year: don\u2019t take advantage of the most beautiful things that in 33 years of life are fleeting,\u201d he wrote. \u201cTake accountability, learn from mistakes. Lean into love and say it often. 2026 my year of growth, my year of truth. Starting here, starting now. Happy new years \u2764\ufe0f\u201d<\/p>\n<section data-embed=\"recirculation\" data-lazy-id=\"P0-16\" data-node-id=\"9\" class=\"embed\"\/>\n<section data-embed=\"instagram\" data-lazy-id=\"P0-17\" data-node-id=\"10\" class=\"embed\"\/>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"11\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\">In late November, after Stokes <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.elle.com\/preview\/chase-stokes-hints-at-kelsea-ballerini-breakup-dont-believe-the-media-im-blocked?content=d03068e3-5c70-4e5c-815b-90ed161a4c3c&amp;type=standard-article\" target=\"_blank\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/www.elle.com\/preview\/chase-stokes-hints-at-kelsea-ballerini-breakup-dont-believe-the-media-im-blocked?content=d03068e3-5c70-4e5c-815b-90ed161a4c3c&amp;type=standard-article\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"hinted that Ballerini had blocked him on Instagram\" data-node-id=\"11.1\" class=\"body-link css-inlxvj emevuu60\">hinted that Ballerini had blocked him on Instagram<\/a> and suggested that their first reconciliation didn\u2019t stick, a source spoke to <em data-node-id=\"11.3\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/kelsea-ballerini-thought-chase-stokes-was-the-one-before-split-excl\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/kelsea-ballerini-thought-chase-stokes-was-the-one-before-split-excl\/\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"Us Weekly\" data-node-id=\"11.3.0\" class=\"body-link css-inlxvj emevuu60\">Us Weekly<\/a> <\/em>about their situation. The insider made it clear that Ballerini was deeply in love with the <em data-node-id=\"11.5\">Outer Banks <\/em>actor.<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"12\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\">\u201cKelsea hadn\u2019t found someone that was as compatible with her until Chase,\u201d the insider said. \u201cHe opened up to her, and they had a relationship with more intimacy than she has ever had. She felt he was the most committed to her out of all the guys she has ever been with. That\u2019s why they worked so well, and that\u2019s why she believed they would work long-term.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"13\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\">The source added that the country singer thought Stokes could be \u201cthe one,\u201d saying, \u201cShe never loved someone like this before. He was the type of guy who would not take his eyes off her. They were really in love.\u201d<\/p>\n<section data-embed=\"editorial-link\" data-lazy-id=\"P0-18\" data-node-id=\"14\" class=\"embed\">\n<aside class=\"css-yj5rqk e94w1mj9\">\n<h6 class=\"css-12xbh4x e94w1mj7\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" data-theme-key=\"title-design-element-before\" class=\"css-0 eagam8p0\"\/><span class=\"css-8lle59 e94w1mj5\">More on Kelsea Ballerini<\/span><span aria-hidden=\"true\" data-theme-key=\"title-design-element-after\" class=\"css-0 eagam8p1\"\/><\/h6>\n<\/aside>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.elle.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THE RUNDOWN Chase Stokes and Kelsea Ballerini announced they got back together after breaking up in the fall. Ballerini alluded to why she gave Stokes another chance in her caption, writing, \u201cI believe in breaking patterns.\u201d Both Stokes and Ballerini shared new photos together in their posts. Chase Stokes and Kelsea Ballerini ended 2025 with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2219027,"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":[25177],"tags":[274717,429148,285977,285684,429147],"class_list":["post-2219026","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","tag-content-type-news","tag-contentid-35c97498-daf4-4908-a82f-a1a6a214bf3d","tag-displaytype-standard-article","tag-locale-us","tag-shorttitle-kelsea-on-why-she-and-chase-got-back-together"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Kelsea-Ballerini-on-Why-She-and-Chase-Stokes-Got-Back.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2219026","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=2219026"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2219026\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2219028,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2219026\/revisions\/2219028"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2219027"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2219026"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2219026"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2219026"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}