What really happened betweenMiranda LambertandBlake Shelton?

Alas, they just couldn’t make it work in the end.

So if you’re curious, read on to find out whatreallyhappened between Miranda Lambert and Blake Shelton.

Blake Shelton and Miranda Lambert at the 2014 Grammy Awards

But those commitments went out the window once the sparks started flying.

“I was a married guy, you know?

Standing up there and singing with somebody and going, ‘Man, this shouldn’t be happening.'”

Blake Shelton and Miranda Lambert at the 2008 American Academy of Country Music Awards

Looking back on that moment, he added that he realized he was already falling inlovewith her.

Lambert felt the pull too,despite her engagementto country singer Jeff Allen McManus.

“I knew he was married,” she shared in 2011, as reported byPeople.

Blake Shelton and Miranda Lambert at the 2014 American Academy of Country Music Awards

“I knew better, like, this is off-limits.”

Hey, when you know, youknow.

So Shelton divorced his first wife and Lambert broke off her engagement so they could be together.

Miranda Lambert and Blake Shelton at an event in 2011

And as Lambert tells it, Shelton was a perfect gentleman when it came to popping the big question.

“He called my dad and got his blessing first,” she revealed in a chat withPeople.

“That was so Southern and old-school and perfect.”

Miranda Lambert and Blake Shelton at the 2011 CMAs

That really does sound romantic, like a throwback to a different era.

“I was so proud of him,” she continued.

Another point for Shelton!

Miranda Lambert and Blake Shelton with the CMAs in 2011

for commemorate the occasion, Lambert and Shelton had an informal celebration that was totallythem.

“We had a couple of Bacardi and Diet Sprites in a Solo cup,” she added.

Of course they did.

Miranda Lambert and Blake Shelton at a pre-Grammy event in 2012

Um, is it just us or is there a bit of a difference in tone here?

“I’m always pestering her,” he shared in an interview withPeople.

“I just cannot get enough because she gets irritated so quickly.”

Blake Shelton and Miranda Lambert in Las Vegas in 2012

“It’s terrible!

Anything I can think of to get a rise out of her is a sport for me.”

And wouldn’t that get annoying after a while?

Blake Shelton and Miranda Lambert at the 2012 CMAs

Lambert also had obligations, as she’s a totally successful musician in her own right.

But despite this predicament, Lambert and Shelton managed to carve out time for themselves.

“We won’t go more than two weeks without seeing each other,” Lambert toldPeople.

Miranda Lambert and Blake Shelton at a screening of The Voice in 2013

That really doesn’t sound like an ideal arrangement for a married couple, does it?

“[I found] this big-a** nice house with a pool,” he revealed toPeople.

“The first time she ever came, she was like, ‘This is dumb.

Miranda Lambert and Blake Shelton at theRyman Auditoriam in 2013

Why did you get a house this big?'”

“And I was like, ‘I thought you’d like it!'”

Clearly, homegirl did not, in fact, like Shelton’s SoCal digs.

Blake Shelton and Miranda Lambert at the 2013 CMAs

Was Blake Shelton more into The Voice than he was into Miranda Lambert?

“You are being pulled apart.

Literally,” she lamented in 2014, according toPeople.

Miranda Lambert and Blake Shelton at the 2014 Grammy Awards

“Blake’s person is pulling him that way, and my person is pulling me this way.”

It got to a point where they were both wondering when they’d get their time together.

“She’s always been the one to go through hell to ensure we spend time together.”

Gwen Stefani and Blake Shelton at the 2020 Grammy Awards

It didn’t help that she “hates” Los Angeles, where Shelton was working.

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Miranda Lambert and Brandan McLoughlin

“That family and those generations and being on that end of things.”

“I’m not sunshine and roses,” she confessed in an interview withMarie Claire.

“Blake’s the happiest person on the planet.

Blake Shelton and Miranda Lambert singing

He pulls me out of my darkness.”

Well, opposites do attract, as the old adage goes.

Additionally, Shelton once referred to Lambert as “complicated,” which understandably threw her for a loop.

Blake Shelton and Miranda Lambert

“She was like, ‘What the hell is that supposed to mean?’

But it is the best way I know to describe her,” he explained.

“That’s what I admire about her.

Blake Shelton and Miranda Lambert

Lambert added that she believes all girls are complicated.

That may or may not be true, but it’s certainly an odd compliment.

“Miranda started off extremely shy,” her mother toldMarie Claire.

“She wouldn’t speak.

Not a word at school.

If she had to order her own food, she’d just not eat.”

“It’s like, ‘Let’s go back-roading today, just me and you.'”

Did Miranda Lambert really trust Blake Shelton?

“That’s really the kind of trust we have.

There are no secrets,” he toldPeople.

“Trust was an issue for both of them,” the insider toldE!

“It went along with having to spend a lot of time apart.”

And in the end, things fell apart anyway.

“Therefore, we kindly ask for privacy and compassion concerning this very personal matter.”

According to Groves’ older brother, her career took a hit because of the allegations.

“She lost her record deal,” he revealed toRadar Online.

“She lost an album she spent years on.”

Young also took toTwitterto deny his involvement in Shelton and Lambert’s divorce, calling both parties his friends.

What an absolute mess!

Of course, she did, and the rest is history.

Now you’ve got the option to’t escape their romance!

As for how Lambert felt about Shelton’s new relationship?

“She was not surprised to hear of the romance between Blake and Gwen,” a source toldE!

“They were always pretty flirty.”

“Anderson is the coolest guy.”

So, what’sthe real reason Miranda Lambert keep her wedding a secret?

All’s well that ends well, then!

Was Blake Shelton’s cryptic tweet about Miranda Lambert?

“Been taking the high road for a long time…

I almost gave up,” he wrote.

“But I can finally see something on the horizon up there!!

Could it be?!

It’s karma!!”

So what exactly could Shelton be talking about?

Is that really the case?

We’ll never know, unless either of the bitter exes get candid about it.

Is this Blake Shelton breakup song about Miranda Lambert?

And we suspect that he has.

in my future / Yeah, she’s got a way” (viaEntertainment Tonight).

That… doesn’t exactly sound like a pleasant memory of a marriage.

But is the song really about Lambert?

It stands to reason, then, that Shelton was processing his divorce on this record.

It sure sounds like it!