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Kelsea Ballerini and Chase Stokes Rekindle Romance for 2025

1/2/2026

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Kelsea Ballerini and Chase Stokes celebrated New Year's Eve together and confirmed their rekindled romance after a brief separation.
Ballerini, 32, wrote on Instagram that 2025 was the "most glittery, stress rash inducing year" and vowed to focus on love and growth.
Stokes, 33, echoed accountability and love in his New Year message.
They split in September after nearly three years together, briefly reconciled in November, and have now reunited.

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Kelsea Ballerini and Chase Stokes celebrated New Year's Eve together and confirmed their rekindled romance after a brief separation.
Ballerini, 32, wrote on Instagram that 2025 was the "most glittery, stress rash inducing year" and vowed to focus on love and growth.
Stokes, 33, echoed accountability and love in his New Year message.
They split in September after nearly three years together, briefly reconciled in November, and have now reunited.