You'll find success faster if you split up and join the talent pool sooner rather than later.
If you're trying to get hired as a team, that sounds new, so employers might not have heard of such a thing.
It's the first time I've heard of something so preposterous. Maybe if it was a progressive state like Colorado, I could understand, but Tennessee? I can't stand the hot, humid summers myself. Then you have chiggers and scorpions to worry about. ;)
Perhaps you don't find it interesting, but as a developer, I like it.