Carlton Gebbia addressed her split from husband Michael in a new interview on Monday.

Weeks after confirming her year-long separation, the former Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star said that while she has "experienced every conceivable emotion similar to the grieving process" throughout the past 12 months, she and Michael are "finally on the same page."

"It was never a verbal decision between him and I. It just sort of happened naturally. It was a gradual breakup of our relationship over a period of time," Gebbia told People Magazine. "This man was my soulmate for 20 years and never would I have imagined this. He was my everything, but we've been together a long time. …[It] is wonderful now to know that we can still continue to be partners because we had always worked so well together in the past."

During their 18-year marriage, Gebbia and her husband welcomed three children, Destiny, 14, Mysteri, 12 and Cross, 5, and as they remain romantically separated, they have agreed to remain living together for the sake of their family.

"We've always been very close and loving as a loving family. David and I both knew that if we decided to live in separate homes, which would end up in divorce, it would literally destroy and devastate our children," Gebbia explained. "We've been together way too long, been the best of friends and business partners. We really have been amazing parents proudly raising the most beautiful and well-adjusted children."

"It's truly a work in progress," she added. "I know that the love and stability we give to our children is paramount to anything else. Our priority is to be the best parents we've always been together."

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