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Rascal Flatts Goes Their Separate Ways in 2021

Author Nancy Brooks // Country Writer, Beasley Media Group
December 28th, 2020 12:00 AM

In 2021, the members of Rascal Flatts will be stepping away from the group to pursue solo endeavors.

When Jay DeMarcus thinks about what he’s going to miss the most about the band, he says, “I’m gonna miss the times that we shared together that no one knows about, that no one sees – the looks at each other on the stage, the moments that we look at each other and we know that we’re at our best. The time in the trenches that no one knows about that the three of us have shared together that have bonded us together for life is what I will miss the most.”

Jay admits that their 20 years together haven’t been perfect, but they have bonded them together for life. “You can’t make up for time spent together,” says Jay. “No one can do that, and we’ve seen the best of each other, we’ve seen the worst of each other. We’ve held each other through the saddest of times, through love and loss, and it’s a brotherhood. It has always been a brotherhood and the day that we don’t have that anymore and we can’t just reach out to each other so easily is gonna be very, very sad and heartbreaking for me.”

But even though Jay, Gary and Joe Don will no longer be working together as Rascal Flatts, Jay says, “I know that when we’re old men together someday, sittin’ around on a porch and sharin’ old stories and singing ‘Prayin’ for Daylight’ when we’re 75, we’re gonna have a heck of a legacy to look back on.”

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    Joe Don Rooney, Jay DeMarcus, and Gary LeVox of Rascal Flatts attend the 2018 CMT Music Awards at Bridgestone Arena on June 6, 2018 in Nashville, Tennessee.

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    Joe Don Rooney and Jay DeMarcus of Rascal Flatts perform with Arnel Pineda of Journey onstage at the 2012 CMT Music awards at the Bridgestone Arena on June 6, 2012 in Nashville, Tennessee.

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    Gary LeVox, Jay DeMarcus, and Joe Don Rooney of Rascal Flatts attend the 8th Annual ACM Honors at Ryman Auditorium on September 9, 2014 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Rick Diamond/Getty Images for ACM)

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    Joe Don Rooney (L), Gary LeVox and Jay DeMarcus of Rascal Flatts accept Winner of Country - Favorite Band, Duo or Group Award onstage at the 2009 American Music Awards at Nokia Theatre L.A. Live on November 22, 2009 in Los Angeles, California.

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    Rascal Flatts arrives at the 36th annual Country Music Association Awards at the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville, Tennessee, November 6, 2002. Photo by Scott Gries/Getty Images

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    Gary LeVox, Jay DeMarcus and Joe Don Rooney of Rascall Flatts attend Rascal Flatts CHANGED One-Night-Only Movie Theater Event at AMC Empire 25 theater on April 5, 2012 in New York City.

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    Rascal Flatts backstage at the 36th annual Country Music Association Awards at the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville, Tennessee, November 6, 2002.

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    Rascal Flatts Grand Ole Opry Induction Pete Fisher, VP & General Manager Grand Ole Opry, Opry Legend Little Jimmy Dickens with Rascal Flatts, Joe Don Rooney, Gary LeVox and Jay DeMarcus at The Grand Ole Opry on October 8, 2011 in Nashville, Tennessee.

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    Jay DeMarcus, Gary LeVox and Joe Don Rooney of the band Rascal Flatts speak onstage during the People's Choice Awards 2010 held at Nokia Theatre L.A. Live on January 6, 2010 in Los Angeles, California.

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    Members of the country band Rascal Flatts (L-R) Jay DeMarcus, Gary LeVox and Joe Don Rooney arrives at the 41st Annual Academy Of Country Music Awards held at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on May 23, 2006 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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    Music City Hall of Fame members, Joe Don Rooney & Gary LeVox of Rascal Flatts, Kris Kristofferson, Rodney Crowell with Jay DeMarcus of Rascal Flatts backstage at the 2010 Nashville Music City Walk of Fame Induction Ceremony at Walk of Fame Park on November 7, 2010 in Nashville City.

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    (L-R) Joe Don Rooney, Gary LeVox, and Jay DeMarcus of the band Rascal Flatts pose for photos backstage during the Frosted Pink Presented by sanofi-aventis and Wachovia Putting Women's Cancer on Ice at the Barker Hangar on October 6, 2007 in Santa Monica, California.

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    Musician Joe Don Rooney (L), Gary LeVox (R) of Rascal Flatts and musician Justin Bieber (C) accept Collaborative Video of the Year award on stage at the 2011 CMT Music Awards at the Bridgestone Arena on June 8, 2011 in Nashville, Tennessee.

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