She began her career with the song, Tim McGraw, which quickly climbed the music charts all over the world. However, it was her single, Love Story, that earned her worldwide recognition. After Love Story, Taylor Swift became a pop and country music sensation. Eleven years later, Taylor continues to make great music, while looking like a million bucks onstage.

Apart from her catchy songs and long legs, Taylor is popular because of her romances. She writes confessional songs about her love life. So many fans relate to those tracks.

Her love life has always been intriguing and it's a prominent topic in her music. Her breakups give fans drama and give her songs plenty of resonance. If you’re a person who loves Taylor's chart-topping songs, you probably know a fair bit about her boyfriends, too, but there are some facts that you might not be aware of.

Here are 15 lesser-known facts about Taylor Swift’s love life:

15 Dear John Was About John Mayer

Tay, as she is fondly called by her friends, was in a short relationship with the famous singer, John Mayer. The breakup led to a lot of heartache for Taylor Swift, but also a great song, Dear John. The song is the end result of all the tears that she shed for him.

14 Back To December Is About Her Breakup With Taylor Lautner

Anyone who knows anything about Taylor Swift, from her pop music to her love life, will instantly know that Back to December is an ode to a real-life breakup that caused her immense pain and regret. The inspiration behind the song is Taylor Lautner. The fans loved the fact that Lautner and Swift shared the same first name.

RELATED: Taylor Swift Shares A Personal Truth With Her Fans

13 Style Is About Styles

The famous music video for Taylor’s song, Style, reminds us all of One Direction singer, Harry Styles. Harry's two-month relationship with Taylor caused quite a stir and led to two smash hits from Taylor Swift. Both Style and Out of the Woods raised eyebrows due to their lyrics.

12 A Long Relationship With Calvin Harris

When Taylor Swift first began to date the famous DJ, Calvin Harris, whose real name is Adam Wiles, fans were quite excited about where the relationship might go. The two were introduced by another famed songstress, Ellie Goulding. This was a relatively long relationship with a controversial ending.

RELATED: Taylor Swift Donates $1 Million To Nashville Tornado Relief

11 When Tables Were Turned On Taylor

Shortly after she split from DJ, Calvin Harris, she got into a relationship with Tom Hiddleston. It is no surprise that her boyfriends and exes inspire most of Taylor’s songs, but this time, Harris sprang quite the surprise on the songstress by writing a song about Taylor. That song is called, "Olé".

10 Keeping It Under Wraps

Though Taylor Swift has generally been candid about her breakups, crushes, and boyfriends, she has been keeping her lips sealed about her relationship with British actor, Joe Alwyn. If reports are to be believed, they have been seeing each other since the year 2016, but their relationship didn't get much press until a year later.

9 The Age Gap

The songstress was seemingly head over heels in love with actor Jake Gyllenhall, but the vast age gap of ten years turned out to be the reason for their split. Reportedly, the song, We Are Never Getting Back Together is about her turbulent, up and down relationship with the good-looking actor.

8 Friends To Lovers

Taylor Swift had a short-lived affair with Lucas Till, who appeared with her in the video, You Belong with Me. They developed a liking for each other when the video was being shot, but soon went their separate ways when they realized that they were much better off as friends.

RELATED: Taylor Swift Named World's Best Solo Act At NME Awards And Sells The Most Singles Over The Past Decade

7 Dumped Over A Call

Taylor was dumped during a twenty-second phone call with Joe Jonas. The split, it is said, was due to Joe’s interest in actress, Camilla Belle. To deal with this messy love triangle, Taylor resorted to writing a song that painted Camilla as the villain. The song is known as Better than Revenge.

6 A Song About A Crush

It is quite clear that her song, Teardrops on my Guitar, is about a boy named Drew. Drew Hardwick was Taylor’s crush, and she wrote a song to express her feelings about him. After he listened to the track, he turned up at the singer’s home. Hardwick was arrested for child abuse years later.

5 The Inspiration Behind Love Story

The smash-hit, Love Story, is about a guy that Taylor wanted to date. However, when she took him home to meet her family, no one liked him. She found solace by penning the song, Love Story. In an interview, she revealed that she felt her situation was similar to that of the love story of Romeo and Juliet.

4 Dating The Troublemaker

Given her serious relationship with Harry Styles, it's not a surprise that Taylor Swift wrote another song about him, called I Knew you Were Trouble. She was asked if performing the song at an awards show was hard. She said that it was hard since the man the song was written for was standing next to her.

3 Starting Over

One of her songs that hits home with anyone who wants to start a new relationship after a bad breakup is Begin Again. Taylor revealed that the song was written about wanting to start over. Speculation is that the song is for Jake Gyllenhall or Connor Kennedy.

2 A Song About Being Cheated On

Should’ve Said No is a song that Taylor dedicated to one of her exes from high school - that guy cheated on her. Taylor is known to hide cryptic messages in her song titles, which spelled out the names of her past flames. The ex, Sam Armstrong, has often mentioned on his Twitter account that he was in a relationship with Taylor once.

1 Another Song About High School Sweetheart

Another one of Taylor’s songs, dedicated to her high school sweetheart, is called, Our Song. It is believed that the song is dedicated to one of her exes from school- Drew Dunlop or Brandon Borello. Neither one of them cheated on her, though!

NEXT: Judge Judy Is Worth $420 Million: 15 Pics That Show How She Amassed Her Net Worth