US EditionMaddie & Tae Announce Split After 15 Years as Country Duo ...
Maddie Marlow Font will start a solo career while Tae Dye Kerr pauses music to focus on family, ending 15 years of collaboration in country music.
- On Monday, December 8, Maddie Marlow Font and Tae Dye Kerr told People they are splitting after 15 years, with Font pursuing a solo career and Kerr focusing on family.
- After a September 2025 conversation, Kerr told Font `My heart is at home,` prompting them to inform management about their decision, with signs emerging last year.
- They've released four albums and four EPs, including 2025's Love & Light, and have 11 more shows, ending June 19, 2026, in Winsted, Minnesota.
- The duo left the door open to future reunions, saying they `might make another record one day` and thanked fans on Instagram on Dec. 8 as they enter a new chapter.
- As established artists, their split highlights career-versus-family choices in country music, spotlighting motherhood and work–life balance, with Kerr expressing gratitude to now choose to stay home; they earned 13 CMA nominations, 11 ACM nominations, and a 2022 CMT award.
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Popular country duo announce split after 15 years of performances together
Maddie & Tae, the popular country music duo of Maddie Marlow Font and Tae Dye Kerr, recently announced an indefinite hiatus after 15 years, citing a desire for new chapters, family focus — both women have young children — and Maddie’s solo pursuit, though they left the door open for future reunions.
New York Post
Country music duo shock fans as they announce ‘heartbreaking’ split after 15 years together
In a recent interview with People, Maddie Marlow Font and Tae Dye Kerr shared they decided to take a step back from releasing music as a duo, but made clear the separation is not meant to be permanent.
The Columbian
Los Angeles TimesMaddie & Tae are going separate ways. But Madison Font and Taylor Kerr? Still besties
LOS ANGELES — The journey that country duo Maddie & Tae have been on for the past 15 years has come to a fork in the road, and — to paraphrase baseball legend Yogi Berra — they’re taking it. The act featuring Madison Marlow Font and Taylor Dye Kerr is splitting up, at least for the time being. Read more...
Maddie & Tae announce split after 15 years as country duo ...
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