Brace yourselves, because it’s inevitable at this point… Tyler Hubbard and Brian Kelley took the stage together recently for the first time in four years, after the duo formerly known as Florida Georgia Line announced back in 2022 that they would be going their separate ways to pursue solo careers. The surprise reunion occurred during a surprise party for Jason Aldean to celebrate his 31 #1 singles, with the duo taking the stage to perform “You Make It Easy,” one of Aldean’s #1 songs that was co-written by Hubbard and Kelley along with Morgan Wallen and Jordan Schmidt. And apparently Jason Aldean himself thinks we see a full-blown reunion sooner rather than later. There’s no denying that, love them or hate them, Florida Georgia Line was one of the biggest artists of the 2010s and a driving force in the “bro-country” movement – for better or worse. But back in 2022, after years of declining sales of their new music and a changing sound in country music, Hubbard and Kelley announced that they were bringing an end to FGL and would instead continue making music as solo artists. At the time, there was a lot of speculation that the duo split due to political differences between the two after Hubbard unfollowed Kelley on social media during the 2020 election. (Hubbard and his wife Hayley supported Joe Biden, while Kelley and his wife Brittney supported Donald Trump). The duo denied that their split had to do with politics, but it became clear that it was a nasty breakup between the two when both began telling their side of the story. Hubbard, the “Georgia” half of FGL, made an appearance on the Bussin’ With the Boys podcast featuring Will Compton and Taylor Lewan last year, where he confirmed that he wasn’t speak much with his former bandmate and saying that the split caught him by surprise: “For me it was really unexpected. But BK came to me and said, ‘Man I’m really feeling like I want to do a solo thing.’” He also revealed that he tried to talk Kelley out of it, with the duo even going to therapy together to try to work through their issues. But turns out Kelley was adamant about it, though he still wanted to keep Florida Georgia Line together. Hubbard wasn’t going to do that though, and basically gave him an ultimatum: It was either FGL or solo, but not both. “I don’t have capacity to do two careers. And also it’s going to get super sticky. When we’re writing songs, who are we writing for? When we got two show offers, an FGL date and a solo date, what are we taking? I’m like, I don’t even logistically see how that would work, much less emotionally.” Well, those comments didn’t sit well with Kelley, who was then given his own appearance on the podcast to tell his side of the story. During his interview, Kelley confirmed a lot of what Hubbard had said: He wanted to release solo music, Hubbard didn’t see how it would work if they tried to have solo careers while also being a duo, and they ended up splitting. But there were a lot of differences in their stories too. Kelley says that there had been talks about doing solo music as far back as 2016, but that the two had agreed that they would wait until the end of their contract, and after the release of FGL’s fifth album, before pursuing these other avenues. Well it turns out that, although Hubbard said he didn’t want them to pursue solo careers apart from FGL, he had actually gone behind Kelley’s back and recorded a song with Tim McGraw amidst the social unrest of 2020 – and when he told Kelley about the song, he also informed him that they would be performing it at Biden’s inauguration. “Tyler had solo music out before I even did. Before we even got our fifth album out, he had released a couple songs, he had played Biden’s inauguration which was a huge look to be a solo act with Tim McGraw. He released another song. I didn’t start releasing music ’til April… He was rockin’ at radio immediately, top of January of 2021 and I didn’t get music out ’til April and then the album in June.” And Kelley says he was blindsided by Hubbard’s decision to make the first step to go solo with “Undivided,” the duet with Tim McGraw: “Surprised. Shocked for sure. I thought we had a deal about what the plan was. Going back to my main thing, is protecting FGL. I didn’t think that was a good look, if I’d have done it or if he did it.” All that to say, it wasn’t an amicable split and there were plenty of hurt feelings on both sides of the Florida/Georgia line. But over the past few months, there have been signs that the two have been working on healing their relationship. Hubbard and Kelley were spotted together at the CMA Awards last year for the first time, and during an appearance on the Human School Podcast late last year, Hubbard revealed that the two were actively working to repair their friendship and even had a hike planned together. Then earlier this year they shared photos from the hike, and have shared pictures of themselves getting together a couple times since then. All that led up to the reunion at Aldean’s surprise party, an unexpected moment that the “She’s Country” singer discussed recently during an appearance on the Try That In A Small Town podcast. “It was really cool to see those guys back together. I mean, man, they were such a big duo and, in my opinion, one of the biggest duos we’ve had in this business. Love ’em or hate ’em, it is a fact. It was good to see those guys back on stage together playing and, you know, I think in town here we’ve all been kind of hearing rumblings of stuff.” When asked whether he thought there would be a reunion at some point, Aldean didn’t hesitate: “Oh yeah. I would assume there’s probably going to be a record at some point, and I feel like they’re kind of getting there. I feel like it’s been, you know, weird few years. They’re kind of feeling it out and just sort of getting back together and kind of reconnecting a little bit, but I think they’re too good to not do that. I think the country music fans would eat that up, and so I’m pulling for those guys to hopefully make a record and get back.” Jason also didn’t beat around the bush when discussing the impact that a reunion would have on their careers: “Listen, I mean, it is what it is: You’re never going to be as big apart as you were together. It is what it is. They were too big of an act as a duo to ever accomplish that same thing on their own, either one of them. So I think it’s the smart move for them.” Of course Kelley and Hubbard have only recently started to mend fences, so I have a feeling that any potential reunion is still a little bit down the road as they work on their personal relationship. But like Jason Aldean, I’m convinced that it’s coming – whether we like it or not. The post Jason Aldean Says He “Definitely” Thinks A Florida Georgia Line Reunion Is Coming: “They’re Too Good” first appeared on Whiskey Riff.