According to Nashville Lifestyles, Carly Pearce and Michael Ray began dating in summer 2018 after meeting through friends years before. Pearce hadn't yet launched her music career at the time, but she made the first move after the two began playing shows together. "I've had a crush on him for a really long time and just always thought there was more to that pretty face, and there totally is," Pearce told the publication. "I did what every girl does in 2018, slid into the DMs. And he'll tell you it took him a second to get it."
Ray told the outlet the two fell in love partly because of their shared values and commitment to family. The couple said they went from hanging out one night to moving in together. Ray proposed on December 19, 2018, and the couple were married almost one year later.
As for their divorce, Pearce told People that while quarantine wasn't the cause of their breakup, it likely didn't help either. She hinted that trust was a big issue between the two, and their marriage was already in trouble before confinement. She added that quarantine did "give me time to really deal with it." She said she worked through the pain of the breakup through therapy and by adopting a puppy she named June. "I'll always kind of look at her as a little bit of a lifesaver," Pearce said.
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