Who is Grace Potter married to? All about the singer as Kenny Chesney denies sleeping with collaborator

Before gaining recognition, Grace Potter and Matt Burr were college musicians developing their sound in upstate New York. They met at St. Lawrence University in 2002, she was a freshman, and he was a senior drummer. Their late-night jam sessions evolved into a partnership that shaped the next decade of their careers.

As The Hollywood Reporter confirmed, Grace Potter and Burr tied the knot on May 11, 2013, in a private ceremony that stayed secret until November, when a label representative made it public. The rep said,

“It’s impossible to disentangle their careers from their personal lives. However, Potter prefers to maintain privacy, often deflecting personal questions about the couple in interviews. Both the bride and groom hope this announcement will finally answer all the relationship questions and they look forward to enjoying a joyful life together.”

Grace Potter has been married more than once. Recently, Potter’s name has come up again in connection with her former collaborator Kenny Chesney, this time to address rumors about their friendship.

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Kenny Chesney reflects on Grace Potter collaboration, dismisses longtime romance rumors

Kenny Chesney clarified that his bond with Grace Potter had always been platonic, despite long-standing speculation from fans. In his memoir Heart Life Music, published on November 4, the singer reflected on collaborating with Potter for the 2010 song “You and Tequila.” He recalled how they filmed the music video in Malibu and spent time talking about life and music over tequila while exploring the coastal canyons.

“We spent two days in Malibu, rolling around the canyons, seeing the cliffs and the ocean, drinking tequila and talking about life, love, what you dream, and how hard it can be getting there,” Chesney wrote, describing the experience.

He said Potter possessed “a real sense of fun” beyond her artistry. Addressing public perception, Chesney admitted,

“Anyone who’s ever seen that video assumes we were having sex. Even Mom thought we were sleeping together, but that wasn’t true. That chemistry comes from our gypsy souls, our desire to chase music where it takes us and disappear into places we can be still.”

Chesney shared that he first reached out to Potter after hearing her live album.

“I looked up at the sky and exhaled, I knew we were aligned. She sounded like coming home,” he shared.

When recording the track, Potter completed her vocals in just “two or three takes.” Chesney added,

“We’d talked longer than she was in the vocal booth. Even before it was mixed, we knew it was something. That’s the thing: You know.”

Released on his 2010 album Hemingway’s Whiskey, the song marked the beginning of a lasting creative friendship.

“I’ve always believed there are things in our lives that were predetermined — set into motion by some larger power, Grace was absolutely one,” Chesney shared.

He praised her presence on stage, adding,

“That heart that Grace brings to everything she does was a skeleton key in my world. Any time she takes a stage with us, people are transfixed.”

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Grace Potter stepped away from music after divorce and miscarriage before rediscovering her voice

According to a 2020 profile by The San Diego Union-Tribune, Grace Potter was among the few artists who moved to Topanga Canyon to leave music behind. The Grammy-nominated singer and bandleader made the move following a period marked by personal loss, including a divorce from Matthew Burr, a miscarriage, and her departure from her longtime label.

“Nobody in Topanga knew I was a musician for the (first) two years I was there, I was a lady who gardened a lot, went to yoga classes and spent time cooking and making friends, which both Eric and I had never done in our personal lives. It was always work, work, work,” Potter shared.

During this period, she began working on Daylight, her introspective 2019 album. The project, she said, was driven by a search for meaning, reflected in lyrics such as,

"I’ve been lost and found and lost again, so many times, I can’t remember if I ever knew my way at all."

Grace Potter’s marriage and her band began to fall apart in 2015, a shift that coincided with growing criticism on social media. Songs like “Desire,” “Release,” “Repossession,” and “Shout It Out” chronicled her emotional state during that period.

“I thought: ‘I don’t want to be this person. I don’t want to be this angry and hold on to blame, shame, anger and frustration, at the same time, there was the transition from being somebody who was part of a band to somebody who wasn’t,” she shared.

Grace Potter later said that focusing on her relationship and becoming a mother helped her find clarity and eventually return to her art.

“That means I can breathe and be a musician, and have ownership over it, it means I don’t have to hold my breath and wonder what will happen next, or what people are thinking. I don’t care anymore. It’s so amazing, when you’re not trying to please people, how fully you embody where you are and what your voice is trying to say,” she explained.