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Kenny Chesney "hit a wall" in 2009 after he cried on stage during a show in Indianapolis.

During an interview with CBS Sunday Morning , Chesney reflected on that moment, saying he felt "so exhausted and numb" after several years of dominating the country music charts.

"You talk about kind of hitting a wall," CBS correspondent Lee Cowan asked Chesney. "A big one," the country star replied.

"In that moment, I was so exhausted and numb to all of it that it wasn't making me happy. I wasn't creating the same way. I wasn't connecting to the audience, and it just hit me," Chesney said.

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In July, Chesney spoke to Holler Maga

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