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Thomas Rhett’s Wife, Lauren Akins, Reveals How Her Childhood Led Them to Adopt

Before Thomas Rhett and his wife, Lauren Akins, decided to adopt their oldest daughter, Willa Gray, from Uganda, they never had a formal discussion of when or how they would adopt a child. But for Lauren, the idea of adoption has been with her for her whole life, since her mother, Lisa, was adopted. “I always like to say…

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Thomas Rhett’s Wife Lauren Akins on Being a Mother of 3: ‘My Heart Melts on a Daily Basis’

Thomas Rhett’s wife, Lauren Akins, has her hands full –– and she wouldn’t want it any other way. The 30-year-old is a proud mother to four-year-old Willa Gray, two-year-old Ada James and two-month-old Lennon Love, and is cherishing every moment of being a mother. “They all have such different personalities that every day it is a beautiful new experience…

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Thomas Rhett Says Adoption Strengthened His Marriage and His Faith

Thomas Rhett learned a lot of life lessons by adopting his oldest daughter, Willa Gray, from Uganda in 2017. The adoption, although not easy, in the end not only gave him a daughter, but strengthened both his marriage to his wife, Lauren Akins, and his Christian faith. “I mean, to me, marriage is super fun and all the good…

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Thomas Rhett Praises Lauren Akins’ Role as a Mother: ‘She’s Definitely Calmer Than I Am’

Thomas Rhett is praising his wife, Lauren Akins, for the exceptional mother she is to their three children: four-year-old Willa Gray, two-year-old Ada James, and two-month-old Lennon Love. The 30-year-old says Lauren especially excels in one aspect of parenting, which he is trying to learn from her. “She’s definitely calmer than I am,” Thomas shared with Big Machine Label…

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Thomas Rhett and Lauren Akins Reveal They Barely Talked About Adoption Before Bringing Home Willa Gray

Thomas Rhett and his wife, Lauren Akins, are the proud parents of three daughters: 4-year-old Willa Gray, 2-year-old Ada James, and 2-month-old Lennon Love. The couple adopted Willa from Uganda only a few months before Ada James was born, and reveal adoption was never part of their concrete plan, until Lauren laid eyes on Willa. “I’d always talked about…

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CMT Announces ‘CMT Celebrates Our Heroes’ TV Special

The 2020 CMT Music Awards was just one of many events over the next several weeks that had to be canceled or postponed due to coronavirus, but fans will thankfully still be able to get their country music fix. CMT just announced a two-hour show, CMT Celebrates Our Heroes: An Artists of the Year Special, premiering on Wednesday, June…

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Thomas Rhett Relies on His Fatherly Instincts When Writing Songs

Thomas Rhett is the proud dad of daughters Wila Gray, Ada James and Lennon Love. While they are all too young to understand much of what their famous father does, Thomas knows some day they will be aware of every song he sings, which is why there are some lines he definitely won’t cross. “I hope that our kids…

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Thomas Rhett Opens Up About ‘Be a Light’

Thomas Rhett is opening up about his current single, “Be a Light.” The song was written last year, long before the coronavirus pandemic began, but is especially timely for right now. “I wrote this song last year,” Thomas told his record label. “I’d had this title written in my phone, ‘In a world full of hate be the light,’…

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