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Christina Aguilera & Blake Shelton's Emotional Breakup Song Sounds Like Magic

The OG The Voice Coaches collaborated in the most powerful way. 

By Jackie Manno

Back in 2012, Christina Aguilera showed her country side with a little help from Blake Shelton.

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When Xtina and Shelton were both Coaches on The Voice Season 3, they did a show-stopping performance of their duet ''Just A Fool.'' During their rendition, Aguilera sang powerfully while Shelton's twang blended perfectly with her voice. And the two sounded like magic together

Check out their performance here here

What to know about Christina Aguilera and Blake Shelton's song "Just a Fool"

Released off of Aguilera's 2012 album Lotus, ''Just a Fool'' reached the number 71 position on the Billboard US Hot 100 charts. Lyrically, the country pop ballad tells the story of someone struggling to cope with a breakup. 

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"I did something with my favorite on the show, cause he's my big brother," she said about Shelton at the time according to Taste of Country. "He's just a rock star. He's great. He's so playful and so fun, and down-to-earth. He's got a great heart, which... I guess you see on the show."

She continued, "He busted his ass to make the time and God knows where he was. I got the e-mail after he heard [the vocals], because I was the first person to put my vocal down. He was like, 'I had to put a clothespin on my nutsack just to hit some of these notes. Why did you make it so high?' But that's good ole Blake, what's why I love him."

Split of Blake Shelton and Christina Aguilera

The lyrics to ''Just a Fool'' by Christina Aguilera and Blake Shelton

Another shot of whiskey please bartender
Keep it coming til I don't remember at all
How bad it hurts when you're gone (na na na)

Turn the music up a little bit louder
Just gotta get past the midnight hour
Maybe tomorrow it won't
Be this hard
Who am I kidding
I know what I'm missing

I had my heart set on you
But nothing else hurts like you do
Who knew that love was so cruel
(Yeah yeah yeah)
And I
Waited and waited so long
For someone who'd never come home
It's my fault to think you'll be true (yeah yeah)
I'm just a fool
(Yeah)

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I said that I don't care
I'd walk away whatever
And I tell myself we were bad together (uh huh)
But that's just me trying to move on
With out you

But who am I kidding
I know what I'm missing

Hey, I had my heart set on you
But nothing else hurts like you do
Who know that love was so cruel
(Yeah yeah yeah)
And I
Waited and waited so long
For someone who'd never come home
It's my fault to think you'll be true (yeah yeah)
I'm just a fool

For holding on to something that
Is never ever gonna come back
I can't accept that it's lost

I should have let it go
Held my tongue
Can't fight the motion
Cause now everything's so wrong
Wrong, wrong

I'm just a fool
A fool for you
I'm just a fool

Hey, I had my heart set on you
And nothing else hurts like you do
Who knew that love was so cruel
(Yeah yeah yeah)
And I
Waited and waited so long
For someone who'd never come home
It's my fault to think you'll be true (yeah yeah)
I'm just a fool
I'm just a fool
I'm just a fool

It's my fault to think you'll be true
(Yeah yeah yeah)
I'm just a fool