Maddie & Tae announce the end

Maddie Marlow Font and Tae Dye Kerr are best known for their 2019 hit, "Girl in a Country Song," a dig at bro-country music, which was very popular at the time.

Kerr will be a stay-at-home mom, while Font will embark on a solo career. Kerr is married to songwriter Josh Kerr, and they have a daughter, Leighton, who is four next month, and son Chapel, 13 months.

"Thank you for all the love as we step into this new bittersweet chapter. We both feel overwhelmed with gratitude for what we've built with y'all the last 12 years. Thank you for making our wildest dreams come true and we hope you stay close by to watch us chase some new dreams 🤍 We love you so much and hope you still come shake ya booty with us on tour next year 🤟🏼," they wrote on Instagram.

""Even though we're not gonna go on this journey as Maddie & Tae together, we're still walking and doing life together outside of it," Font said in an interview in People.

They left open the door to work together again in the People interview. "We're leaving this so open-ended because, you know, we might make another record one day," Font said. "We might go do some tour dates one day."

"Absolutely," Kerr said.

"But just in this season," Font said, "it doesn't feel aligned for us to do it together."

Maddie and Tae first met in 2010 through their vocal coach, who was based in Dallas. Font was a native of Sugar Land, Texas, while Kerr grew up in Ada, Okla.

The duo has co-written and recorded four albums and four EPs. After finishing high school, the duo moved to Nashville and worked as Maddie & Tae. In 2014, Big Machine Records signed them to their revived Dot Records label. Their last release was "Love & Light" for Mercury this past May.