Jake Owen was a guest on Taste of Country Nights where he revealed that he was indeed single again and life after fiancée Erica Hartlein was lonely.

We were engulfed in a deep conversation about life, music and sobriety, and honestly, Owen kind of broke his breakup news in passing.

The "Beachin'" singer said, "Man in the last couple of years I've gone through my second separation and going back to being just like this single guy -- I was alone, dude, I felt really alone."

"There were times where I felt like I had to get high so I couldn't cry," he adds.

The second half of that sentence was not meant literally. It came during a conversation about how Hank Williams Jr. has affected his life and music. Williams has a song called "Feelin' Better" with that lyric.

Owen and his ex fian

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