When Kelsea Ballerini was young, she wanted to be a BALLERINA.  Seriously.  She even took some classes again a few years ago.

That said, she was always a “HARD NO” on ever dabbling in ACTING.

But now that she’s dating “Outer Banks” star Chase Stokes, she MIGHT be changing her tune a little.

She says, “I said no [to acting] because I’m so scared of failing . . . it’s the perfectionist in me . . . and then the last few years, I’ve just started running toward things that really terrify me.  So I’ll probably try it.”

It doesn’t sound like there’s anything in the works yet, but maybe she’d start off with something easy . . . like playing HERSELF.  She says, “I can’t picture anyone else [doing it].”