Mid to late-2010s country music hitmakers Maddie & Tae , aka Maddie Font and Tae Kerr, are putting their partnership on pause just seven months after the release of their last album — permanently, announcing their decision to end their chapter as a country music duo.

The duo, both now 30, first met in 2010 when they studied under the same vocal coach and met at a showcase in Dallas. They quickly began working together in Nashville, first under the name Sweet Aliana and then Maddie & Tae.

© Getty Images Country music duo Maddie & Tae announced their decision to part ways as collaborators

In 2014, they signed with Big Machine Records' revived imprint Dot Records under their new name, releasing their self-titled debut EP that same year and their debut single, "Girl in a Country Song,

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