
Thomas Rhett Welcomes Son Brave Elijah
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Thomas Rhett and Lauren Akins welcome their fifth child, a son named Brave Elijah, after a surprise pregnancy during Fathers Day weekend. The couple, already parents to four daughters, is thrilled about the new addition and plans to stop at five kids. Rhett is currently working on a new album and gearing up for his Soundtrack to Life Tour in July.
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Music News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! — Thomas Rhett Welcomes Son Brave Elijah. Machine-transcribed; use the interactive transcript above to jump the player to any line.
On April 6th, Thomas Red and his wife Lauren just welcomed their fifth kid, a baby boy named Brave Elijah, their first son after four daughters. The name hit them right in the hospital. Brave sparked while Red sift wine, and Elijah came from reading the Bible story about his bold life. Now the families got Willa Grey at 10, 8 of James at 8, Lynn and Love at 6, and Lily Carolina at 4 all big sisters stepping up. Earlier this year they got hit with a surprise pregnancy over Father's Day weekend, scrapping plans to move to Uganda and adopt. They kept the gender of secret till birth in February, and Red thought it'd be another girl. Man, was he shocked at 10 pounds of boy? Lauren s a champ handling that delivery. Red calls the surprise one of his life s coolest moments, and life with seven in homes, been a total blast thanks to those built-in babysitters. He admits after four girls he figured no boys in the cards, but this flipped the script. They're calling it quits at five kids. That was always Lauren s magic number, no more on the horizon.
Red soaking up newborn time while grinding in the studio on his next project. He's eyeing a timeless 10 song album by years in, dropping a tracker to by April or May, then kicking off his soundtrack to Life Tour, July 9. In Nashville Family Bives, Puelling That Fire. That's your update from Music News Today, powered by AI.
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