50 Best Country Songs About Divorce
Country songs on the end of a marriage
There’s a strange kind of quiet that comes when a marriage ends. Not the peaceful kind, but the one that sits in the corners of the house after the arguments fade. You walk past old wedding photos, maybe keep the TV on too loud so the silence does not feel so heavy. Then the right song hits. It might be Alan Jackson tracing the ache of an empty home, or Miranda Lambert letting the anger come through in a half-smile. That’s the space these tracks live in, right in the middle of heartbreak that has stopped being sharp but still refuses to leave.
No one walks away from a divorce looking like they stepped out of a glossy music video. It’s lawyers’ offices with bad coffee, friends who don’t know what to say, and late nights scrolling through playlists that land somewhere between rage and relief. You might switch from pop, rock, country, and R&B songs before finding the one that actually feels like it’s speaking your language. Sometimes it’s an old ballad that makes you want to cry in the car. Sometimes it’s a twangy anthem that sounds like someone finally getting their breath back.
These songs don’t pretend to make things neat. They lean into the mess and keep the raw edges showing. Some turn the pain into a slow burn you can hum along to. Others kick up the tempo like a road trip you didn’t plan but had to take. Here are the best country songs that capture the experience of divorce.
Top 10 Divorce Country Songs
1. 'D-I-V-O-R-C-E'—Tammy Wynette
2. 'Every Other Weekend'—Reba McEntire and Kenny Chesney
3. 'Give It Away'—George Strait
4. 'The Grand Tour'—George Jones
5. 'She Got the Goldmine (I Got the Shaft)'—Jerry Reed
6. 'Golden Ring'—George Jones and Tammy Wynette
7. 'Highway 20 Ride'—Zac Brown Band
8. 'Goin' Through the Big D'—Mark Chesnutt
9. 'Just Married'—Kelsea Ballerini
10. 'When I Call Your Name'—Vince Gill
Classic Country Music about Divorce #11—20
11. 'Angry All the Time'—Tim McGraw
12. 'What If I Never Get Over You'—Lady A
13. 'Better Man'—Little Big Town
14. 'He Stopped Loving Her Today'—George Jones
15. 'Over When It’s Over'—Eric Church
16. 'The Last Thing I Needed First Thing This Morning'—Willie Nelson
17. 'You Were Always on My Mind'—Willie Nelson
18. 'Does My Ring Burn Your Finger?'—Lee Ann Womack
19. 'A Church, a Courtroom and Then Goodbye'—Patsy Cline
20. 'Break Up in a Small Town'—Sam Hunt
Songs About Marital Separation and Heartbreak #21—30
21. 'Gaslighter'—The Chicks
22. 'Whoever's in New England'—Reba McEntire
23. 'I Never Go Around Mirrors'—Keith Whitley
24. 'Consider Me Gone'—Reba McEntire
25. 'A Picture of Me (Without You)'—George Jones
26. 'I Fall to Pieces'—Patsy Cline
27. 'Goodbye Earl'—The Chicks
28. 'Tights On My Boat'—The Chicks
29. 'Goodbye Earl'—The Chicks
30. 'I Can't Make You Love Me'—Bonnie Raitt
Country Songs on Moving on from Divorce #31—40
31. 'Got My Name Changed Back'—Pistol Annies
32. 'Before He Cheats'—Carrie Underwood
33. 'Blame It on Your Heart'—Patty Loveless
34. 'Here Comes Goodbye'—Rascal Flatts
35. 'How Am I Doin''—Dierks Bentley
36. 'Whiskey Glasses'—Morgan Wallen
37. 'Die From a Broken Heart'—Maddie & Tae
38. 'My Place'—Carly Pearce
39. '29'—Carly Pearce
40. 'My Give a Damn's Busted'—Jo Dee Messina
Country Songs About Life After Divorce #41—50
41. 'You'll Think of Me'—Keith Urban
42. 'The Divorce Song'—Kasey Chambers ft. Shane Nicholson
43. 'She Wouldn't Be Gone'—Blake Shelton
44. 'Whiskey and You'—Chris Stapleton
45. 'I Don't Want to Play House'—Tammy Wynette
46. 'I'm Sorry'—Brenda Lee
47. 'Hello Walls'—Faron Young
48. 'Stand by Your Man'—Tammy Wynette
49. 'Help Me Make It Through the Night'—Sammi Smith
50. 'I'd Rather Die Young'—The Byrds
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