• Kelsea Ballerini is reportedly the one who initiated her breakup with Chase Stokes.
  • A source says that she's "still coming out of her divorce" and "not in a place where she’s going to just settle."
  • The couple had reportedly been arguing "a lot" before splitting up.

Wondering why Kelsea Ballerini and Chase Stokes broke up? The couple haven't given statements confirming their split just yet (*patiently waits for Kelsea to drop new music*), but insiders say they'd been arguing a lot.

"It was a hard split," a source tells Us Weekly. "They had been arguing a lot recently, and their communication wasn’t great in the last month. They were both traveling so much and trying to juggle everything, and the arguments piled up."

Turns out Kelsea "initiated the conversation" about splitting, but they both acted like "mature adults and had the same understanding that they needed space. There is still a lot of love between them."

The insider also says, "Although it’s been a few years, Kelsea is still coming out of a divorce and figuring out what she really wants, and she’s not in a place where she’s going to just settle. Chase understood that, but in the end, they realized they weren’t aligning the way they hoped."

FYI, a source previously told the Daily Mail that the couple were dealing with jealousy issues: "It started off hot and heavy and everything you'd want in a relationship, and then Chase started getting jealous over every little thing. Every time she would be doing her own thing, he'd think she was flirting or up to no good."

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