Tyler Hubbard opens up about Florida Georgia Line split: ‘God had a different plan’

Tyler Hubbard from Florida Georgia Line is getting candid about the band’s split in 2022.

While talking to Hoda Kotb on the Dec. 11 episode of her “Making Space” podcast, he said he knew it was time for him and his bandmate, Brian Kelley, to part ways because it felt as if life was pulling him in a different direction.

“2020 hit. I thought I was on my journey for — we were riding off into the sunset. I had a lot of success with FGL. And God had a different plan. Pretty quickly I learned that, OK, FGL, the season of being in a band and a duo is coming to an end,” he said. “I guess God has something different for me, so I tried to embrace it. But it was the year that we were all kind of just figuring out life at the time. What’s happening? Will I ever even play shows again?”

Hubbard explained that it was that year that everything started to change for him. Not only did he welcome his third child, Atlas Roy, 4, with wife Hayley, he also ruptured his Achilles and “couldn’t walk for, like, eight months.”

“Needless to say, I was really humbled changing a lot of diapers, sitting at home, wondering if I was ever going to be onstage again,” he said. “But yeah, we pushed through. We had a great season and now we’re on the other side.”

Now, Hubbard, who released his album “Strong” earlier this year, said he feels “reenergized” in his career. While looking back at the “really hard season” he encountered, he said he’s grateful for where he landed.

“I just think that’s sort of the wave of life, you know, at times where it seems like a cycle. You know, you go through a hard time, it puts you in a great place. You go through a great time — but it can’t stay great forever, so you sort of do the cycle and let life lead,” he said.

“Honestly, what I’ve learned through it all is I believe the excitement of catching the next wave is almost more fun than being on top of the wave,” Hubbard added.

However, the “This Is How We Roll” musician said he did feel some doubt when he restarted his music career as a solo artist.

“I thought, we had sort of reached a lot of our goals with FGL and I thought, man, to restart this thing and start from essentially ground zero and go play these clubs and go do the things that you have to do when you’re building something, it was a little scary,” he said.

“But once I dove off into it, I’m like, man, this is actually what made me fall in love with this the first time and it’s doing it again,” he continued. “And so it’s just the excitement of the build and the challenge. I’ve found that that’s where I really thrive and enjoy life.”