Maren Morris Opens Up About the Challenges of Divorce in a "Small Town" Like Nashville

Published: June 20, 2025

Maren Morris is getting candid about her divorce from ex-husband Ryan Hurd, revealing that their mutual friends had to "pick sides" after their split.

The 35-year-old singer made the comments during an appearance on the Therapuss podcast with Jake Shane on Wednesday, June 18. She explained that in a small town like Nashville, where she and Hurd have many mutual friends, it can be "weird" to navigate their relationships after a divorce.

"Just in terms of respect for each other," Morris said. "I saw a really close friend of my ex's at a bar a couple months ago, and I was with my best friend. We all used to hang out together for a decade or more, and then it's like, 'Damn, it's just going to be kind of weird.' Maybe it's just going to be weird for the first few years."

Morris and Hurd, who share 5-year-old son Hayes, met in 2013 when they wrote "Last Turn Home" for Tim McGraw. They married in March 2018 but filed for divorce in October 2023. The exes reached a settlement agreement three months later and finalized their divorce in January 2024.

Morris also opened up about how she's realized that people who aren't "energetically aligned" tend to "fade away" from her life, especially after having her son.

"I have these people who have been my ride or dies, but I feel like COVID changed a lot of people, when I had my son I could feel people fall away," she said. "I think when you have kids sometimes... I think as a new mother it's already such a lonely time, and you're very isolated, plus it was COVID. But I certainly made friends who are moms through the process."

Morris' comments come after she made an appearance on the Dear Chelsea podcast, where she revealed that she and Hurd were able to move past a lot of their problems to put their son first.

"We're over a year out now ... we get along now and have moved past a lot of it," Morris said. "We're neighbors, and I'm just so fortunate that we have put our son above each other's s---, and it's better for the two of us if we're getting along."

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