Country Music Star Thomas Rhett Remembers The Sweet Moment He And His Wife Decided To Adopt

These days, Thomas Rhett and his wife, Lauren Akins, share four daughters together, but rewind seven years ago and they were living on their own enjoying the honeymoon period.

Rhett and his wife were living life on the road, but that all changed when his wife took a trip to Uganda and met a little baby at an orphanage. She took a photo with the baby and sent it to Rhett, who was back home in the states.

He remembers how happy his wife looked holding the baby. “She was glowing,” he recalled. And so later that night, during a FaceTime session with Lauren, he asked her more about the baby she was holding.

And so was this baby, who I’d never met before, and I remember FaceTiming her that night and saying, ‘Who was that baby that you were holding?’ And she said, ‘This is Blessing and there are no living parents or living residents, so she has no family.’ She’s been at this children’s home now and she, her name is Willa Gray but her name was Blessing at the orphanage. And she had been there for like a week. She was 6 weeks old.

His wife went on to tell him that they must find a home for her, and that’s when Rhett suggested they bring her into their home.

And I’ll never forget it dude, it was 2 o’clock in the morning where I was, half asleep, and it just kind of blurted out of my mouth. ‘We’re going to bring her home.’ And I don’t even remember saying it, I don’t even know if I was ready to have kids yet. I was really loving the road thing, my career was just starting to take off, I was like, ‘Man if we have kids right now, what is that gonna do?’ And I’ll never forget those words coming out of my mouth.

Of course, it turned out to be one of the best decisions he’s ever made. After welcoming Willa into their home, they have since had three other daughters, with their youngest being 22-month-old Lillie.

Congrats to the happy family!