Carly Pearce Files for Divorce from Michael Ray After Less Than a Year of Marriage

Carly Pearce and Michael Ray ROBBY KLEIN/GETTY Ray and Pearce got married on Oct. 6, 2019, on a Nashville-area farm in front of about 100 family members and friends.

"Knowing without a shadow of a doubt that I didn't settle for something less than truly the person that I think was made for me is something that I am thankful for," Pearce told PEOPLE at the time.

"No matter what, I have her in my corner," Ray added. "No matter what, she has me in her corner. I tell her, you're never going to face anything alone. Never will there be anything in life that you don't look over and I'm standing beside you."

Professional acquaintances for years, the two had a friendly get-together at Pearce's house back in June 2018. Sparks began to fly during an evening of conversation, and not wanting the night to end, they headed out to the Nashville Palace, a favorite haunt for each, to share an earful of twang. At the bar, Ray put his arm around Pearce and when the two locked eyes, both knew simultaneously that they had met their match.

"It was just this very certain moment," Pearce previously told PEOPLE. "More certain than I've ever been: 'That is who you're going to be with.'"

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In November 2018, they made their relationship red carpet official at the CMA Awards. Then that December, Ray surprised Pearce with a proposal — and a five-carat diamond ring — during a family vacation to Tulum, Mexico.

"It just so happened the resort we were staying at in Tulum had this private deck that overlooked the ocean," Ray told PEOPLE in January 2019. "So the photos were perfect. I knew that I wanted this to be over the top. I wanted it to be what she deserved, and I wanted her mom to be a part of it because she and her mom are as tight as two people can be. I knew between both of us we would hit exactly what Carly would want."

"I told her mom, 'I want this to make The Bachelor look like a date night at Applebee's,'" he added. "I want this to blow her mind. I want her to have a movie moment that she'll look back on forever."

A self-described "traditionalist," Ray said he has always wanted what his grandparents had during their 53-year-long marriage.

"My grandparents were married for 53 years," he said. "I have that example growing up. On the other hand, I witnessed my mom and dad's divorce. And it was not an easy one. It was hard. I was 8, turning 9, and I have my little sister. I saw the pain in both my parents' eyes and saw everything that happened with it."

"I felt like that was kind of where my childhood — as far as me thinking like a kid — stopped, and I realized I just really got thrown a big dose of the real world at an earlier age," he continued. "Wait a minute, my mom and dad aren’t together no more? But my great grandparents were married. My aunt and uncle had been together since they were 15. Everybody around me — all my friends' parents. I'm like, 'What is going on here?'"

Carly Pearce and Michael Ray GETTY IMAGES At the time, Ray said he "never" wanted to go through what his parents went through with their divorce.

"All their friends were obviously their age, and they had been together with their significant other for years, and I thought, 'That's what I want,'" he said. "I want that. And what I do for a living is what I love, but it's not who I am. Some day, hopefully it's 50 years down the road, the lights fade, the crowds get a little smaller, stages get a little smaller. But no matter what, you end up looking back on what you did. You're looking back on what you have. I never want to be the guy who was alone during that time. I wanted to build something with somebody. I wanted the chance to one day have a family and know that real part of life."

"I love what I do — I'm so blessed and lucky to do it, but I'm even more blessed and lucky to do it with [Carly]," he added. "To have that foundation of commitment ... I think that's the biggest thing that we're all looking for. I think love is what everybody wants, and that’s what people search for. It's trying to find that partner that you can fly with and ride with, and be there when s— ain't going your way."

So, Ray said he told Pearce "she's stuck."

"That's the reason why the ring looks like that," he joked. "I'm doing this one time."

Michael Ray and Carly Pearce on their wedding day RACHEL DEEB Also in January 2019, Pearce told PEOPLE that she wanted her and Ray to be together "for life."

"We always say, 'There are going to be highs and lows for each of us in this career, and it makes it harder because we're doing the same thing,'" she said. "Yes, I'm a female artist. He's a male artist. We're still artists competing for spots on the chart. But at the end of the day, I'll walk through any of it. Obviously, we are workaholics, both of us, from sunup to sundown. If something needs to happen with work, we get it. So we're in this 100 percent, but it isn't our everything anymore, and we have something to come home. My home is now where he is. We're creating a life so much bigger than Carly Pearce and Michael Ray."

Pearce had said she would love for her and Ray to have the "kind of legacy both separately and together" that longtime couple Tim McGraw and Faith Hill have. The two have a duet together, "Finish Your Sentences," which was released off of Pearce's self-titled sophomore album in February.

I don't know who either one of them is.

Celia Rubinstein was a friend to all mankind......

WHO???!!!!!!???

Are they getting divorced? OP is very cagey about what's going on.

I have no idea who they are, but why does EVERY southern/flyover woman look like her?

R5

Look at those shoes and the way she is posing.

WHO?? files for divorce from WHO??

[quote]the "Every Little Thing" singer-songwriter filed for divorce from the "Her World or Mine" singer

I have never heard, or heard of, either of those songs. And I'm a flyoverian.

OP has to be shill for these two nobodies.

He looks like he’d make a nice couple with LeeAnn Rhimes ex

Are we just picking random unknown people to feature on DL these days?

Ya know, I think I read somewhere that “Carly Pearce Files for Divorce from Michael Ray After Less Than a Year of Marriage” . . .

Ya know, I think I read somewhere that “Carly Pearce Files for Divorce from Michael Ray After Less Than a Year of Marriage” . . .

Lazy cut/paste OP

He's quite cute. Is this a Rene Zellweger/Kenny Chesney thing?

Michael Ray Roach (real name). He has a beautiful face. I wonder what happened?

Horton hears a ....who?

I have no idea who they are I couldn't care less.