Kacey Musgraves gives detail on why her marriage to Ruston Kelly ‘just simply didn’t work out’

Kacey Musgraves opened up about her amicable parting from Ruston Kelly last summer, less than three years after they tied the knot, saying the union ‘just simply didn’t work out.’

The Grammy Award-winning artist, 32, chat with Rolling Stone Thursday about the split, as they tied the knot in 2017 and announced their parting last summer.

‘It’s nothing more than that. It’s two people who love each other so much, but for so many reasons, it just didn’t work,’ Musgraves told the outlet if her split with Kelly, 32. ‘I mean, seasons change. Our season changed.’

The singer-songwriter said she is looking at the institution of marriage with a degree of skepticism she didn’t have before, citing longtime unwed Hollywood couple Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell as people ‘doing something right.

‘Part of me questions marriage as a whole, in general,’ the Golden, Texas native said. ‘I mean, I was open to it when it came into my life. I embraced it. I just have to tell myself I was brave to follow through on those feelings.’

The performers had initially crossed paths in 2016 at an event at Nashville’s Bluebird Cafe.

Musgraves told the outlet that independence is key in her life, saying, ‘I think I live best by myself. I think it’s okay to realize that.’

In a joint statement, the musical duo revealed last year that they were parting ways: ‘With heavy but hopeful hearts we wanted to put our own thoughts into the air about what’s happening. 

‘These kinds of announcements are always met with scrutiny and speculation and we want to stop that before it even starts.

They continued: ‘We believe that we were put into each other’s lives for a divine reason and have both changed each other infinitely for the better. The love we have for each other goes far beyond the relationship we’ve shared as husband and wife. It’s a soul connection that can never be erased.’