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Singer-songwriters Jason Isbell and Amanda Shires have finalized their divorce more than a year after filing to call it quits. They were married for more than a decade.
The status of the case appeared as disposed on March 4, PEOPLE confirmed in a report on Tuesday (March 11) after obtaining online records. The publication also notes that Isbell has ben dating new girlfriend Anna Weyant, 29, for more than a year. Their relationship started in February 2024. It wasnât immediately clear as of publication time on Wednesday (March 12) whether Shires is dating again after divorce.
Isbell, 46, and Shires, 43, got married in February 2013 in Nashville, Tennessee. The two artists share one child together, daughter Mercy Rose, who was born in September 2015. Isbell filed for divorce from Shires in mid-December 2023, citing irreconcilable differences. They parted ways about a week and a half before the divorce filing.
Isbell said in February 2024 that the split had been âhard and sad,â but heâs âin a good place.â He told PEOPLE at that time: âWeâre all getting along right now. Itâs hard and sad, and I donât enjoy it, but ... Iâm in a good place. Mercyâs happy. She knows, no matter what, sheâs going to be loved and safe and cared for.â Isbell added, as he spoke about his love songs, that âjust because something ended doesnât mean it failed.â
Previously, Isbell and Shires opened up about feeling âdisconnectedâ from one another in their married. Shires told the Nashville Scene in 2022 while talking about one of her songs, âFault Lines,â that âall of us have had turmoil within our respective marriages, and it was definitely coming from a place of vulnerability.â Isbell said during a previous interview with the New York Times that issues in the marriage felt, âmore like, âWe donât know each other right now. Weâre not able to speak the same language.ââ