Lauren Alaina can’t wait to hit the road next year, this time with her daughter, Beni Doll, along for the ride. Alaina, who welcomed her first child with her husband, Cam Arnold, over the summer, says she is eager to join Rascal Flatts on their 2026 Life Is A Highway Tour.
When Alaina travels, she expects Arnold will join her on her bus, along with their beloved dogs.
“I’m really looking forward to going back out on the road with Rascal Flatts,” Alaina tells Country Now. “We go back out in January. So Beni’s going to go on the road. I’m sure my husband will go as well. He loves them too. And we’ll take these pup-peronis out there and be one big happy family.
“But I’m just excited. I grew up listening to Rascal Flatts, so to be on tour with them is a dream,” she continues. “And then for them to be such good uncles to my baby girl, I mean, it’s crazy. It’s going to be so funny because I was so pregnant the last time I saw all of them. I was eight and a half months pregnant when we finished the tour…so very pregnant and now I’ll have the proof.”
After the arrival of Beni in June, Alaina took some time off, before performing a few shows over the fall, joined by her own mother.
“My mom’s actually been traveling with me as well,” Alaina explains. “When I started doing this, I was 16, and my mom went on the road with me. It’s kind of amazing to have her back out there. I’m like a little kid, and I have a baby.”
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How Lauren Alaina Is Balancing Being a Mother And Her Career
Alaina is grateful to have such a strong support system, which is allowing her to have a career she loves, while also being a doting, hands-on mother. It’s something she admits she at one time never thought would be possible.
“I always dreamed of being on stage and dreamed of touring and doing all of this. And I wanted to be a mom, but I didn’t see how that would fit in, and I didn’t know how I would meet the right guy or do any of those things,” she explained. “And it’s so funny, now my dream is them. They are my dream, and the other part is the bonus.”
Alaina is also working on new music, music that will likely reflect her current season of contentment.
“It’s interesting,” Alaina reflects. “It’s completely flipped for me, but I think that, for me, mentally, has put me in a really safe place to create. I still have anxiety. and I’m like, ‘Where are we going on tour next year, and what are we doing, and when’s the album coming out,’ and all of that. But at the end of the day, I look at Beni, and she smiles at me, and I’m like, ‘Well, whatever. It’s all going to be great as long as we can provide for her and give her a beautiful life.’ That’s what matters to me now.”