What Happened to Little Mix? A Look at the Girl Group Members' Lives 4 Years After They Split Emily BlackwoodFebruary 14, 2026 at 6:30 AM 0 LeighAnne Pinnock, Perrie Edwardsand Jesy Nelson and Jade Thirlwall of Little Mix on May 6, 2012 in London, England. Niki Nikolova/FilmMagic In 2011, Jade Thirlwall, Jesy Nelson, Perrie Edwards and LeighAnne Pinnock formed Little Mix while competing on The X Factor Nelson took a break from the group in 2020 to focus on her mental health while Edwards, Pinnock and Thirlwall continued to perform as a trio Little Mix announced that they were going on a hiatus...
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Emily BlackwoodFebruary 14, 2026 at 6:30 AM
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Leigh-Anne Pinnock, Perrie Edwardsand Jesy Nelson and Jade Thirlwall of Little Mix on May 6, 2012 in London, England.
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In 2011, Jade Thirlwall, Jesy Nelson, Perrie Edwards and Leigh-Anne Pinnock formed Little Mix while competing on The X Factor
Nelson took a break from the group in 2020 to focus on her mental health while Edwards, Pinnock and Thirlwall continued to perform as a trio
Little Mix announced that they were going on a hiatus in 2022
It's been over 10 years since Little Mix brought back the girl group.
Jade Thirlwall, Jesy Nelson, Perrie Edwards and Leigh-Anne Pinnock formed the British ensemble in 2011 while competing on The X Factor. They became the first group to win the U.K. competition series and went on to release multiple hit songs, including "Wings" and "Black Magic."
In a February 2026 interview with The Sun, Nelson said the reason Little Mix was so successful was that they "genuinely were like sisters at one point" and "best friends." As for a future reunion, she told the outlet, "Never say never."
"We're all mums now [aside from Thirlwall] and I can't speak on behalf of them, but I'd like to think that we probably see things a lot differently now," Nelson explained ahead of her docuseries Life After Little Mix, which released on Prime Video on Feb. 13. "I have so much love for them and always will."
Little Mix started to unravel when Nelson left in 2020, writing on Instagram that being in a band had "taken a toll" on her mental health. Though Thirlwall, Edwards and Pinnock continued to perform as a trio, they announced a hiatus a year later in a post on X. They maintained that they were "not splitting up" but taking a break to "recharge" and work on other projects.
So, what happened to Little Mix? Here's everything to know about where the former members are now.
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Jade Thirlwall
Jade Thirlwal attends InStyle's 10th anniversary party on November 22, 2011 in London, England ; Jade Thirlwall at the Pre-Grammy Gala on January 31, 2026 in Los Angeles, California.
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After Little Mix's hiatus, Thirlwall released her first solo album under the stage name JADE titled THAT'S SHOWBIZ BABY. She took home the BRIT Award for Best Pop Act for her song "Angel of My Dreams," and thanked her "Little Mix sisters" in her acceptance speech for changing her life.
Thirlwall told Harper's Bazaar UK in November 2025 that she felt like she "struggled the most to adapt to life after the group" because her bandmates had families and kids.
"They went into a new chapter willingly. It was just me," she told the outlet. "I didn't know what to do with myself. Since I was 18, I lived and breathed Little Mix. It just took me a minute to adjust."
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Jesy Nelson
Jesy Nelson attends InStyle's 10th anniversary party on November 22, 2011 in London, England ; Jesy Nelson attends her music video screening on April 13, 2023 in London, England.
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In December 2020, Nelson announced on Instagram that she was leaving Little Mix to focus on her mental health.
"I find the constant pressure of being in a girl group and living up to expectations very hard," she wrote, adding that it was time to "embark on a new chapter."
Though she released three singles as a solo artist, she put her music career on hold after welcoming twin girls, Ocean Jade and Story Monroe, in 2025 with her then-boyfriend, Zion Foster.
Months later, the singer announced that her daughters were diagnosed with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) Type 1, an inherited neuromuscular disorder that is caused by the loss of a spinal cord nerve cell, which can weaken muscles over time, according to the Cleveland Clinic.
Though children diagnosed with the condition can die before the age of 2 without treatment, Nelson said during a February 2026 episode of Jamie Laing's Great Company podcast that she believes her daughters will "defy all the odds."
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Perrie Edwards
Perrie Edwards attends InStyle's 10th anniversary party on November 22, 2011 in London, England ; Perrie Edwards attends Capital's Jingle Bell Ball 2024 on December 07, 2024 in London, England.
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After Little Mix went on hiatus, Edwards released a solo album titled Perrie in September 2025 and continued to grow her fashion label Disora. In 2023, the brand became one of only 6% of labels that sell a size 18 and up, Grazia reported.
The singer also welcomed her second child, a daughter named Alanis, with her partner, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, in January 2026. The couple also share a son, Axel, who was born in August 2021.
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Leigh-Anne Pinnock
Leigh-Anne Pinnock attends InStyle's 10th anniversary party on November 22, 2011 in London, England ; Leigh-Anne Pinnock attends Capital's Jingle Bell Ball on December 06, 2025 in London, England.
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Pinnock continued to release new music after Little Mix went on hiatus, and announced on Instagram in October 2025 that her first solo album — My Ego Told Me To — would be released in February 2026. She also appeared in the 2021 comedy-drama Boxing Day and wrote a memoir in 2023 titled Believe.
"I definitely think there's a lot more to Leigh-Anne than you even know," she told PEOPLE in June 2023.
She continued, "When you're in a group, there's only so much you can show of yourself, so I think that's the exciting part. I get to unlock all this potential now and show everybody what I'm made of and what I can do."
The British singer welcomed twins in August 2021 with professional soccer player Andre Gray. They tied the knot less than two years later in June 2023.
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