LeAnn Rimes’ next album is inspired by her marriage split. The 27-year-old singer – who is getting divorced from Dean Sheremet following her affair with her 'Northern Lights' co-star Eddie Cibrian – has poured her heartbreak into her new material, which is due to be released in the spring. She told People magazine:

“Most of the stuff I've written myself, so it's definitely my life. The subjects of the tunes are down the middle between heartbreak and love.”

LeAnn has found writing new material helped her come to terms with the changes in her personal life.

“Part of my therapy is to write. I write with a lot of my best friends, so most of our meetings are therapy sessions that turn into songs.

“I'm great. I'm really happy and I am enjoying being back between Los Angeles and Nashville. With work and my personal life, everything's good. It really is.”

Despite their split, LeAnn and Dean – who were married for seven years – remain friends.

Dean recently said he still speaks to LeAnn, adding he is “pretty good” at the moment.

LeAnn and Eddie’s relationship was first exposed in March, although she initially denied it. Although she has not publicly confirmed the reports, LeAnn announced she was divorcing Dean in September – shortly after Eddie’s wife Brandi Glanville announced she was seeking a divorce.

This does not sound good. Eddie Cibrian's estranged wife, Brandi Glanville, claims LeAnn Rimes is way too close for her comfort.

"I have a new neighbor and her name is LeAnn Rimes. She's moved in a half a mile from my house and a block from my son's school. So she is completely space invading me at the moment so things are not cool," Glanville, 36, told Usmagazine.com...

Glanville says her run-ins with Rimes in Calabasas, Calif. are "not pleasant."

"There is a point where she needs to have a sensitive side and back the F up," she says.

Glanville says she even spotted Rimes in front of her six-year-old son Mason's school as she picked him up.

"Honestly, she's Single White Female-ing me. She wants my life," Glanville goes on. "She wants my kids. She wants my husband. She can have most of everything but just not my children or my family."

I can understand Brandi not wanting to see LeAnn, but this may be a little extreme. Then again, Los Angeles is a very spread-out city, so it seems like a place where keeping your distance would be pretty easy.

However, Brandi said her children with Eddie have no idea their parents are "feuding." I hope that's true.

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LeAnn Rimes was spotted rescuing a Chihuahua from the Wilshire Animal Clinic in Santa Monica yesterday afternoon. The singer looked extremely excited as she carried out the little pup and proceeded to give him kisses. Does someone need a healthy heaping of positive PR? Just saying.

It's nice to see an animal getting rescued - no matter the reason.

Do you have animals? Did you get your baby from a shelter?

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