Taylor Swift’s Parents Divorced Quietly Years Ago — And It Deeply Affected Her & Her Music

The ever-growing music career of pop star, Taylor Swift, would not have been possible without the endless support and encouragement of two significant figures in her life: her parents, Scott and Andrea. The two are often spotted at their daughter’s concerts, interacting with fans, dancing along to the songs and cheering on Swift from the sidelines.

Their amicable relationship is why so many people are unaware that Taylor Swift’s parents divorced more than a decade ago.

Scott and Andrea Swift got married in 1989 and divorced in 2011. Although the news was not publicized at the time, fans have looked back on the songs Swift has composed throughout the years that may have hinted at the separation.

True Swifties know that the pop star’s parents wed on February 20, 1989, and welcomed their daughter 10 months later on December 13, 1989. A little over two years later, their son, Austin Swift, was born on March 11, 1992.

The couple bought a Christmas tree farm in Wyomissing, Pennsylvania to raise their children on. However, it was obvious from a young age that Taylor Swift was a musical prodigy, and the family picked up everything and moved to Nashville, Tennessee in 2003 to help Swift launch her career.

Swift revealed that her parents were committed to building her musical dreams.

“My mom waited in the car with my little brother while I knocked on doors up and down Music Row,” she recalled in an interview with Entertainment Weekly. “I would say, ‘Hi, I’m Taylor. I’m 11; I want a record deal. Call me.”

The family’s lives grew even more chaotic in 2004 after Swift was offered a deal with SONY/ATV Tree Publishing House, and Andrea began traveling with her daughter more and more. By 2008 when her album “Fearless” was released, Andrea and Scott hardly saw each other anymore since Andrea would accompany Swift on tour while Scott would stay home with Austin.

It was then that the two began having problems in their marriage. The constant separation caused a strain in their relationship.

In 2011, Andrea and Scott decided that it would be best to separate. An anonymous family friend told Radar Online that the couple had actually separated a few years before actually making it official. At the time, the Swifts kept their divorce out of the spotlight before it became public knowledge years later.