Melissa and Tammy Etheridge are the latest showbiz pair to call it quits in a month that has seen a bevy of celebrity splits.
A spokesperson for the “I Run For Life” hitmaker confirmed that the couple has ended their relationship after almost nine years together in a statement to PEOPLE Magazine on Thursday.
“Melissa and Tammy Etheridge are saddened to announce that they are now separated,” the singer’s rep told the mag. “We ask for consideration and respect for our family as we go through this difficult period.”
Melissa, 48, and Tammy, 35, exchanged vows in front of family and friends in Malibu in September 2003 and Tammy gave birth to the couple’s twins, son Miller Steven and daughter Johnnie Rose, in 2006.