50 Best Country Songs About Ruining a Relationship
Best Country Tracks on Relationship Wreckage
There’s a certain sting in songs where the mess comes from your own hands. The fight that went too far, the silence stretched too long, the words that slipped out at the worst time. Country music leans into that space where regret mixes with pride, where you know you’re the one who cracked something that might never get fixed. It’s not always clean storytelling. Sometimes it sounds more like a late-night voicemail or an overheard confession set to a steel guitar.
Plenty of tracks spell it out plain, the wreckage and the aftermath, but others circle the edges and still land in the same headspace. A lyric might be aimed at someone walking away, but you can hear the fault lines running back to the singer’s side. That’s what makes these songs slip in next to pop, rock, country, and R&B songs that deal in damage and bad timing. They all carry the same heat of knowing you set the fire even if the song never names it directly.
Not every track needs to hit the topic straight on to fit here. Some carry the tension of self-sabotage without spelling it out. Others sit in the haze after a ruined chance, where the beat feels heavier than the words. They all find a way of tracing that uneasy mix of blame, hurt, and half-remembered good moments. With that in mind, here are the best country songs on ruining a relationship.
Top 10 Country Breakup Songs
1. 'Before He Cheats' by Carrie Underwood
2. 'I Was Wrong' by Chris Stapleton
3. 'Whiskey Lullaby' by Brad Paisley and Alison Krauss
4. 'Always on My Mind' by Willie Nelson
5. 'Give It Away' by George Strait
6. 'I'm Sorry' by Blake Shelton
7. 'Brokenheartsville' by Joe Nichols
8. 'What Hurts the Most' by Rascal Flatts
9. 'Better Man' by Little Big Town
10. 'Over for You' by Morgan Evans
Country Songs About Relationship Failure #11 to 20
11. 'Miss Me More' by Kelsea Ballerini
12. 'Leave Me Again' by Kelsea Ballerini
13. 'Here Comes Goodbye' by Rascal Flatts
14. 'Blame It on Your Heart' by Patty Loveless
15. 'Good as Gone' by Little Big Town
16. 'The Grand Tour' by George Jones
17. 'You'll Think of Me' by Keith Urban
18. 'My Give a Damn's Busted' by Jo Dee Messina
19. 'Bye Bye' by Jo Dee Messina
20. 'I Will Always Love You' by Dolly Parton
Country Music About Ruined Relationships #21 to 30
21. 'Mama's Broken Heart' by Miranda Lambert
22. 'Consider Me Gone' by Reba McEntire
23. 'Right Girl Wrong Time' by Jon Langston
24. 'What If I Never Get Over You' by Lady A
25. 'Break Up in a Small Town' by Sam Hunt
26. 'I'd Be Better Off (In a Pine Box)' by Doug Stone
27. 'Friends in Low Places' by Garth Brooks
28. 'Broken Halos' by Chris Stapleton
29. 'I Should've Married You' by Old Dominion
30. 'Wasted on You' by Morgan Wallen
Country Songs About Relationship Ruin #31 to 40
31. 'Here's a Quarter (Call Someone Who Cares)' by Travis Tritt
32. 'How Am I Doin'' by Dierks Bentley
33. 'I Hope You're Happy Now' by Carly Pearce and Lee Brice
34. 'Leave the Pieces' by The Wreckers
35. 'How Do You Like Me Now?!' by Toby Keith
36. 'The End of the World' by Skeeter Davis
37. 'A Man Don't Have to Die' by Brad Paisley
38. 'The Bed You Made' by Billy Currington
39. 'She Wouldn't Be Gone' by Blake Shelton
40. 'Crazy' by Patsy Cline
Country Songs for Ruined Relationships #41 to 50
41. 'You Look So Good in Love' by George Strait
42. 'The Dance' by Garth Brooks
43. 'Neon Moon' by Brooks & Dunn
44. 'Whiskey and You' by Chris Stapleton
45. 'She's Actin' Single (I'm Drinkin' Doubles)' by Gary Stewart
46. 'Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain' by Willie Nelson
47. 'Strawberry Wine' by Deana Carter
48. 'Just a Kiss' by Lady A
49. 'Need You Now' by Lady A
50. 'I Can't Stop Loving You' by Ray Charles
