Kelsea Ballerini and Chase Stokes "still love each other" despite their break-up

A source told People: "They still love each other, which is why they've kept trying to make it work. But their lives are in very different places right now. Figuring out where to live and how to truly merge their lives has been hard lately. It's been something they've gone back and forth on.

"They just want to be happy though. They've been trying to figure out a situation where they are both happy together, but that doesn't seem possible at the moment."

By contrast, a second source suggested that Kelsea hasn't felt properly supported by Chase.

The insider explained: "Kelsea's been so supportive of him throughout their relationship but it hasn't been reciprocated, especially as her career has continued to grow.

"It feels like there's insecurity there on his end."

Meanwhile, Kelsea previously admitted that she feared passing out before her first face-to-face meeting with Chase.

The Love Me Like You Mean It hitmaker and Chase spent weeks "texting and Facetiming" each other before they met for the first time, and Kelsea recalled feeling anxious ahead of their encounter.

Kelsea - who split from Chase for the first time in 2025 - said on the Call Her Daddy podcast: "He came to this party that I was playing, and I had just gotten done playing. And I was ... 'Guys - I'm sweating just thinking about this. I thought I was gonna pass out'.

"You can have chemistry over the phone but when you see each other you're like, what's the height difference, are we ... are you ... I didn't know what to do. And so I walked out to his car, and he got out of his Bronco - hot."