Kelsea Ballerini and Chase Stokes didn't roll up the welcome mat on their relationship — even throughout their temporary time aside.
The pair “by no means actually stopped being in contact after their temporary cut up,” a supply completely tells Us Weekly, after confirming that Ballerini, 32, and Stokes, 33, “are again collectively.”
Information broke in September that the pair cut up after two years of relationship. Nonetheless, the breakup was short-lived, because the Grammy nominee reconnected with Stokes earlier this fall in Europe.
“They actually picked up the place they left off,” the supply explains.
After spending a bit of time aside, the insider tells Us, “Kelsea needed to offer it one other likelihood and missed Chase rather a lot.”
Stokes, for his half, “By no means needed the breakup,” the supply says. “[He] at all times felt there was one thing between them and believed they simply wanted time to chill off and determine issues out.”
The musician and the Outer Banks star have since “labored via a few of their ‘points,'” in accordance with the supply, who notes that each Ballerini and Stokes are “hopeful this time round will likely be higher.”
Ballerini and Stokes had been first linked in January 2023, after the “Peter Pan' singer reached a divorce settlement with ex Morgan Evans in November 2022 after splitting earlier that 12 months.
All through their relationship, the duo couldn't assist however sing one another's praises. They had been usually seen supporting each other at huge occasions, together with music awards reveals and pink carpet premieres.
“He's the primary particular person I've been in a relationship with that I really feel like will not be my exact opposite,” Ballerini advised Nylon in October 2023, revealing Stokes had “golden retriever power.”
Ballerini recalled realizing “as quickly as I met him” that he was the best match for her.
“Possibly that feels like I've realized zero issues, however I've at all times been a heart-first lady and the reality is it's by no means led me astray,” she gushed. “I've at all times been the place I wanted to be whereas I wanted to be there.”
In September, Stokes referred to as Ballerini his “love” as she rang in her thirty second birthday. “Though you retain saying you're not excited for 32, I'd say I'm lookin' ahead to extra of this,” he wrote by way of Instagram on September 12 alongside a carousel of pictures from their foolish moments on the highway collectively.

Two days later, a rep for Ballerini confirmed to Us that she and Stokes had been now not a pair.
Within the wake of their breakup, Ballerini dropped her newest single “I Sit in Parks” off her upcoming EP Mount Nice, through which she sings about feeling like she would possibly've missed her likelihood at changing into a mom.
“I sit in parks, it breaks my coronary heart / ‘Trigger I see simply how far I'm from the issues that I need,” the lyrics learn. “Dad introduced the picnic, Mother introduced the sunscreen / Two youngsters are laughing and crying on pink swings / We glance about the identical age / However we don't have similar Saturdays.”
Nonetheless, as her new single took over the airwaves, Us completely reported that Ballerini and Stokes had quietly began spending time collectively once more.
The pair had been noticed close to Scotland's Edinburgh Fort on October 13, eyewitness Gemma Kennedy advised Us on Saturday, November 8.
“He was very good. We had a wee chat about how he was having a vacation in Scotland earlier than going to Croatia to movie the ultimate season of Outer Banks, “ Kennedy mentioned of assembly Stokes. “They each appeared actually comfortable and smiley.”
The eyewitness added that the actor and Ballerini “ had been very a lot loved-up and holding fingers on the bar.”
Ballerini and Stokes had been later seen collectively in Dubrovnik, Croatia, on Friday, November 7, the identical day her new track dropped.
Us has since confirmed that the twosome are formally again on.
“Kelsea and Chase are giving their relationship one other attempt,” an insider advised Us on Monday. “There's nonetheless plenty of love there, so that they fell again into it very naturally.”
