LeAnn Rimes has announced on her website that she and her husband are getting a divorce.

In a message to fans, the 26-year-old country singer wrote that she and Deane Sheremet had “agreed to move forward with dissolving our marriage”.

Rimes said the decision came after “much thoughtful mutual consideration”.

Rimes and dancer Sheremet married in 2002. Grammy-award winning Rimes is best known in the UK for singles How Do I Live and Can’t Fight the Moonlight.

Rimes said she and Sheremet “remain committed and caring friends with great admiration for one another”.

The message ends by thanking fans for their “continued love and support”, adding “it is deeply appreciated”.