Country star Thomas Rhett and his wife, Lauren Gregory Akins, have added another bundle of joy to their family, as they announced the birth of their fifth child on Friday.
The Marry Me hitmaker, 35, and the author, 36, shared a heartwarming joint Instagram post revealing they’ve welcomed a son named Brave Elijah Akins.
The couple, who also have four daughters, went on to share a number of tender snaps with the newborn, including one that featured the proud dad holding him in his arms.
Another sweet snap saw his wife in the hospital bed cuddling her baby boy with a bright smile on her face.
‘Welcome to the world Brave. Oh. my. goodness. Our hearts are just in a big ole puddle with this precious baby BOY,’ the caption of the post read.
‘Brave Elijah Akins was born last week at almost 10 pounds and almost 2 weeks early-thank you Jesus this big boy didn’t wait another 2 weeks to be born.’
Country star Thomas Rhett, 35, and his wife, Lauren Gregory Akins, 36, have added another bundle of joy to their family, as they announced the birth of their fifth child on Friday
The Marry Me hitmaker and the author shared a heartwarming joint Instagram post revealing they’ve welcomed a son named Brave Elijah Akins
Rhett’s wife then praised him, stating he was her ‘biggest champion in labor & delivery’ and ‘helped deliver’ their son.
She added that he ‘was the first one to see and *tearfully*, mixed with a bit of shock announce to us all in the room “It’s a BOY.”‘
The couple wrapped up the caption writing, ‘We are so grateful God chose us to have YOU cutie pie Your four sisters are smitten and we are completely over the moon in love with you big Brave boy.’
A flurry of A-list pals rushed to the comments to shower the growing family with congratulations.
Country darling Megan Moroney shared her joy for the pair, writing, ‘AMAZING!!!! SO HAPPY FOR YALL’ in the comments.
Singer Tucker Wetmore wrote, ‘Congrats my friend.. God is good.’
Actress Sadie Robertson Huff added, ‘Awwwww YAY YAY! Congrats.’
The duo announced that they were expecting a fifth child in August of 2025.
The couple also shared a number of tender snaps with the newborn
A flurry of A-list pals rushed to the comments to shower the growing family with congratulations
The duo announced that they were expecting a fifth child in August of 2025
‘Here we go again! We’ve got some really excited big sisters in our house. God is so good,’ Rhett captioned the announcement post
They are also parents to four daughters: Willa Gray, 10, whom they adopted from Uganda in 2017, as well as Ada James, eight, Lennon Love, six, and Lillie Carolina, four
The five-time Grammy nominee originally met his wife in the first grade before they started dating in middle school and tied the knot in 2012 (pictured at age 15 in 2005)
‘Here we go again!’ the singer – who boasts 7.8M social media followers – captioned their baby news. ‘We’ve got some really excited big sisters in our house. God is so good.’
Aside from their newborn the two are parents to four daughters: Willa Gray, 10, whom they adopted from Uganda in 2017, as well as biological daughters Ada James, eight, Lennon Love, six, and Lillie Carolina, four.
‘Well, I was wrapping my head around being a dad. Big wrench got thrown in the plans that we thought we had,’ Rhett sang on guitar.
‘Now Lauren’s showing — got one on the way. That’s five under 10. Hey what can I say? Yeah life changes. You wake up ain’t nothing the same. Yeah life changes.’
His wife proudly held up the sonogram images of their little one, whom many in the comments hoped would be a boy.
The five-time Grammy nominee originally met his wife in the first grade before they started dating in middle school, and they celebrated their 13th wedding anniversary on October 12.
In 2024 Rhett’s wife confessed how much she used to ‘resent’ him for his successful music career since she never got to become a full-time RN after graduating from nursing school.
‘Three months to the day that [our adopted daughter Willa] came home [from Uganda], I went into the hospital to deliver Ada James. It kind of felt like we went 0 to 2 pretty quick as parents. And I began touring with my husband and I was running myself ragged and just chasing him all over the place, trying to make it feel like it used to,’ Lauren recalled on I Am Second.
Rhett released his seventh studio album, About a Woman, in 2024; Pictured in 2024 performing in New York City
‘His life went on and I felt like mine stopped and I felt like we weren’t doing it together anymore. And there’s a lot of miscommunication. There was a lot of resentment I was holding on to. I think even through the adoption and after. And I just hit a breaking point where I didn’t like him and I resented him.’
She continued: ‘I remember looking at him in the closet, and after we had just screamed at each other. I said, “I hate you, I hate you, and I feel alone and I feel lost and I hate your career and I hate the pressure that it puts on us. And I hate that we’ve brought two little girls in this.”‘
The devout Christian couple’s marriage recovered after they participated in a ‘mini-intensive counseling session for two and a half days.’
Aside from his flourishing family life, Rhett has also been busy with work. He released his seventh studio album, About a Woman, in 2024.
Rhett is also preparing to join Morgan Wallen’s star-studded Still The Problem tour as a special guest, with the run officially kicking off on April 10 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
