A breakup with the potential to be a country hit? Florida Georgia Line bandmates Tyler HubbardAnd Brian Kelley have achieved major success in country music, but behind the scenes, it wasn’t always peachy between them.
Hubbard and Kelley founded their duo in 2010 and broke records with their debut single, “Cruise” in 2012. They released four studio albums, from 2012 to 2019, and made headlines when Tyler and his wife. Hayley HubbardHis bandmate was not followed. Fans assumed that political differences were what caused the split between them. Hayley and Tyler were vocal supporters of Kamala HarrisBrian, who is married Brittney Kelly, slammed Joe Biden supporters.
The two men addressed the social media drama in a joint interview on SiriusXM’s Exit 209.
“I unfollowed BK for a few days while we were through this political, you know, in the middle of this election and everything going on,” Tyler told Storme Warren. “And, and I even called him and told him, I said, ‘Hey buddy, I love you. You are a much better person in real life than you are on your stories. So I’m just going to, so that’s why I’m unfollowing you. It’s nothing personal. I still love you. You’re still my brother.’ I just didn’t want to see it every time I opened Instagram. And so it wasn’t a big deal.”
Tyler stated that Tyler and Tyler had been together before.
“We’ve went to therapy, we’ve sat with each other and wanting to kill each other at times,” he said. “But by the end of it, we were hugging it out. You see what I mean? Because we’re brothers and that’s what brothers do.”
They went on to release their fifth studio record.Life goes onThe 2021 album was a hint that the musicians would be taking a break in 2022 to launch solo careers.
“We’re sort of using these last 12 shows,” Tyler told PeopleFebruary. “As a time to celebrate FGL, celebrate the fans, celebrate each other, and then support each other on the next chapter of our musical and creative journey, which is gonna be individually for a while. So we’re excited.”
Brian clarified at the time that they are “not going their separate ways” but rather taking a “break.” However, months later, he hinted that there were no plans for the twosome to work together after wrapping their summer 2022 tour.
“We’ve got, I think at this point, 10 or 11 more shows this year. We’re taking a break after that, so if you want to see us, this is the year to do it,” Brian said during a May 2022 radio interview. “I don’t know after that what the plan is. It’s not clear to me. At the end of the day, we’re brothers, so we’ll always have each other‘s back and support, and that’s what it should be.”
Scroll down to see a timeline of their ups & downs.
