Thomas Rhett and wife Lauren Akins are expanding their family!
The country music star put up a fun post on Instagram putting the news that a fifth child is on the way to music.
In the video, the guest advisor for Kelly Clarkson’s team on “The Voice” modifies the lyrics to his 2018 hit “Life Changes.”
The original lyrics are:
“I remember the day I told my daddy and mama
You’re gonna have a grandkid, yep
From Uganda, that’s right, we’re adoptin’
And she is the cutest little girl that you’ve ever seen
Well I was wrappin’ my head around bein’ a dad
A bigger wrench got thrown in the plans we thought we had
Now Lauren’s showin’ and got one on the way
Yeah that’s two into two, hey, what can I say?”
Fast forward to 2025, and Thomas leans against a fence, strums a guitar and sings to wife Lauren:
“Well I was wrappin’ my head around bein’ a dad
A bigger wrench got thrown in the plans we thought we had
Now Lauren’s showin’ and got one on the way
Yeah that’s… [big pause] five under ten, hey, what can I say?”
Lauren laughs, rubs her pregnant tummy and holds up a photo strip from an ultrasound as Rhett sings, “Ain’t it funny how life changes
You wake up ain’t nothin’ the same and life changes”
Thomas Rhett Says His Kids Are Excited About the New Baby
In the Instagram post announcing Thomas Rhett and Lauren Akins happy news, the “Die a Happy Man” singer writes, “Here we go again! We’ve got some really excited big sisters in our house. God is so good.”
Thomas and Lauren have not revealed a due date for the new baby or given out any information on the baby’s gender.
But right now, the couple are parents to four daughters, ages 9 and under.
Thomas Rhett & Lauren Akins Embrace the Chaos of a Full House
Thomas Rhett -or “TR” as his friends call him- and wife Lauren are open about the chaos of raising their children and navigating Rhett’s high profile music career.
The couple adopted their oldest daughter, Willa Gray, age 9, from Uganda in 2017. They brought Willa home at age 18-months after a year-long adoption process.
Two months after Willa finally came home, Lauren gave birth to 8-year-old Ada James.
Thomas and Lauren are also parents to 5-year-old Lennon Love and 3-year-old Lillie Carolina.
And while TR admitted to Taste of Country last year that they were “drowning” raising four littles, he also said a fifth baby has always been in the plans.
Lauren Akins Is Transparent About the Challenges of Raising Kids
Lauren Akins has also been transparent about the joys and challenges of having a big family.
In 2020, Lauren wrote a book called “Live in Love: Growing Together Through Life’s Changes.”
While promoting the book, she told People, “There’s a lot of pressure to portray that you have a perfect life, and family, and marriage, especially on social media and in the public eye. I think the quicker that I’m able to just get on the table that, ‘Hey, we struggle just like every other married couple, we struggle just like every other parent, we struggle just like every other human,’ it takes that pressure and weight off our shoulders to have to be a certain way. It gives the green light to be us.”
