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Country duo Maddie & Tae are parting ways after 15 years, with Taylor Dye Kerr stepping back to focus on motherhood while Madison Marlow Font pursues a solo career.

Kerr, who has two young children with songwriter Josh Kerr, described the decision to People as “heartbreaking,” but the longtime best friends stress there are no hard feelings.

The women are leaving the door open for future collaborations, with Font planning solo music next year that may incorporate gospel, R&B and soul influences.

The journey that country duo Maddie & Tae have been on for the past 15 years has come to a fork in the road, and — to paraphrase baseball legend Yogi Berra — they’re taking it. The act feat

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