50 Best Country Songs About Infidelity

Cheating Country Songs That Cut Deep

There’s a certain edge in the air when you put on a track where someone’s been wronged. It’s not pure heartbreak, not straight anger, but something tangled in the middle. You’re parked in your truck long after the engine’s gone cold or standing in a kitchen staring at a half-empty glass, and the right song hits. The kind that twists your gut because the story starts in the middle of the mess instead of the moment it fell apart. These are the tracks that live in that uneasy place. The suspicion, the betrayal, the uneasy calm before someone finally says it out loud.

Nobody walks through that storm like a music video hero. It’s awkward confrontations, quiet dinners where the air feels heavier than the plates, bar nights where the crowd noise turns thin. Somewhere in there, the right voice cuts through. Maybe it’s Carrie Underwood swinging between steel and sweetness. Maybe it’s Chris Stapleton leaning into raw truth. Or maybe it’s The Chicks refusing to soften a single word. These songs don’t dress up the moment, they sit squarely inside it. Sometimes you need a track that ditches the clean ending and lets the discomfort breathe.

Not every betrayal feels the same. Some burn quick, others hang around in ways that make sense only years later. These songs carry that unpredictable weight and turn it loud enough for anyone to feel it. Country has a long history of telling these stories, but the same energy runs through pop, rock, country, and R&B songs too. Here are the best country tracks that deal with infidelity.

1. 'Your Cheatin' Heart'—Hank Williams

2. 'Jolene'—Dolly Parton

3. 'Before He Cheats'—Carrie Underwood

4. 'Stay'—Sugarland

5. 'The Thunder Rolls'—Garth Brooks

6. 'You Ain't Woman Enough (To Take My Man)'—Loretta Lynn

7. 'I Hope'—Gabby Barrett

8. 'White Liar'—Miranda Lambert

9. 'Does He Love You'—Reba McEntire and Linda Davis

10. 'She's Actin' Single (I'm Drinkin' Doubles)'—Gary Stewart

11. 'Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under?'—Shania Twain

12. 'Whoever's in New England'—Reba McEntire

13. 'The Window Up Above'—George Jones

14. 'Blame It on Your Heart'—Patty Loveless

15. 'On the Other Hand'—Randy Travis

16. 'The Cold Hard Facts of Life'—Porter Wagoner

17. 'You Lie'—The Band Perry

18. 'I May Hate Myself in the Morning'—Lee Ann Womack

19. 'Whispering Waltz'—Sierra Ferrell

20. 'Fist City'—Loretta Lynn

21. 'A Woman Knows'—Kenny Chesney

22. 'Holding Her and Loving You'—Earl Thomas Conley

23. 'I Just Started Hatin' Cheatin' Songs Today'—Moe Bandy

24. 'She Just Started Liking Cheatin' Songs'—John Anderson

25. 'Who's Cheatin' Who'—Alan Jackson

26. 'I Let Her Lie'—Daryle Singletary

27. 'Broken Promise Land'—Jerry Lee Lewis

28. 'All These Years'—Sawyer Brown

29. 'I Can't Stop Loving You'—Don Gibson

30. 'Reasons I Cheat'—Randy Travis

31. 'Gaslighter'—The Chicks

32. 'What Room Was the Holiday In'—Tim McGraw

33. 'Guilty as Can Be'—Cody Johnson

34. 'The Midnight Oil'—Barbara Mandrell

35. 'Papa Loved Mama'—Garth Brooks

36. 'The Liar'—The Highwaymen

37. 'Talkin' in Your Sleep'—Crystal Gayle

38. 'Wish I Didn't Know Now'—Toby Keith

39. 'Lyin' Eyes'—Eagles

40. 'Cheater, Cheater'—Joey + Rory

41. 'You'll Think of Me'—Keith Urban

42. 'Sin for a Sin'—Miranda Lambert

43. 'Does My Ring Hurt Your Finger'—Charley Pride

44. 'Whiskey Lullaby'—Brad Paisley featuring Alison Krauss

45. 'Suspicious Minds'—Elvis Presley

46. 'D-I-V-O-R-C-E'—Tammy Wynette

47. 'When I Think About Cheatin''—Gretchen Wilson

48. 'Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town'—Kenny Rogers

49. 'Married but Not to Each Other'—Barbara Mandrell

50. 'I'm Gonna Sleep with One Eye Open'—Dolly Parton