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Lauren Akins (née Gregory) is an American author, podcaster, and philanthropist. She is the author of Live in Love: Growing Together Through Life's Changes, which was a New York Times best seller.
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May 21, 2024 · Thomas Rhett Akins Jr. and Lauren Akins (née Gregory), who are both 34 years old, met in the ‘90s when they were in the same first-grade class at the elementary school they both attended in their native Nashville. However, Rhett and Akins weren’t especially close when they were 6.
- Thomas Rhett and Lauren Akins Meet
- Thomas Rhett and Lauren Akins Reconnect at Camp
- Thomas Rhett and Lauren Akins Briefly Date in High School
- May 2011: Thomas Rhett and Lauren Akins Reunite
- December 2011: Thomas Rhett Proposes to Lauren Akins
- October 12, 2012: Thomas Rhett and Lauren Akins Get Married
- September 28, 2015: Thomas Rhett Releases A Song Written For Lauren Akins
- October 4, 2016: Thomas Rhett and Lauren Akins Host A Charity Concert
- December 2016: Thomas Rhett and Lauren Akins Have A Surprise Pregnancy
- July 2017: Thomas Rhett and Lauren Akins Take A Family "Babymoon"
Thomas Rhett and Akins (née Gregory) both grew up in Nashville. The pair even went to the same elementary school, which is where they first met. However, they didn't become close until later on.
Although the pair met years earlier, they didn't get to know each other well until the sixth grade when they went to the same camp. "I was in camp, when I was in the sixth grade, and it truly was with my wife who I am married to today," Thomas Rhett told British GQin 2019 of the first time he fell in love. "Even though the feeling was not reciproca...
The pair dated for six months in high school. "We dated once when we were 15, and it didn't work out," Thomas Rhett told Taste of Countryin 2012. "We remained best friends even after we broke up. We both dated other people for like five years."
Thomas Rhett and Akins reunited in 2011 at her sister's graduation party. "I'd loved that girl since high school, and I told her father how I felt. He said, 'If you don't tell her, I'm going to,' " Thomas Rhett recalled. "It was a total Ryan Goslingmoment. I said to her, 'I just want to kiss you one time. If you don't feel anything, we can go back ...
The couple dated for six months before getting engaged. In 2020, Akins shared the story of how Thomas Rhett proposed. "All of a sudden, Frank Sinatra's 'The Way You Look Tonight' started playing through the speakers," she said. She detailed how Thomas Rhett took a wine bottle and wrote "Marry Me" on it, adding, "I grabbed the bottle and wrote my re...
The couple tied the knot in an outdoor ceremony in Nashville on Oct. 12, 2012. Speaking about their wedding, Thomas Rhett's dad, songwriter Rhett Akins, said, "When I saw them stare at each other the entire 20 minutes they were saying their vows, it's like these two people are meant to be together." The pair followed their nuptials with a honeymoon...
Thomas Rhett released "Die a Happy Man," a song written for Akins, in September 2015. "I wrote the song for her and about her," he told PEOPLE. "I really did just wake up one day and was like, 'I have yet to write a song about her.' " Akins also appeared in the song's music video. The song later won single of the yearat the 2016 Country Music Assoc...
In October 2016, Thomas Rhett and Akins organized a charity concert in Nashville. The event raised over $250,000 for 147 Million Orphans, an organization with which Akins had worked. "This event was spurred by Lauren's heartand 147 Million Orphans' heart and by how much they love those kids," Thomas Rhett told PEOPLE. Thomas Rhett went on to talk a...
By the time of their charity concert, Thomas Rhett and Akins had already started the adoption process in Uganda. In April 2016, Akins met and fell in love with one little girl in particular. After Thomas Rhett suggested that they adopt her, the couple traveled to Uganda multiple times between April and December to comply with the country's adoption...
In July, Thomas Rhett and Akins took a family vacationwith their daughter Willa. To celebrate their "babymoon," Thomas Rhett shared an Instagram picture with Akins. "Can't believe we will have a newborn not too long from now🙌🏼 36 weeks pregnant and 100% smoke show," he wrote.
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Jul 17, 2024 · Thomas Rhett's wife Lauren Akins opened up about the early phases in her marriage to the country star when the couple decided to expand their family while Rhett's career took on a life of its own.
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In this refreshing and inspiring memoir, Lauren Akins, the wife of country music star Thomas Rhett, shows what it’s really like to be “the perfect couple” fans imagine, and reveals what it actually takes to live in love, stay in love, and grow together.
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Lauren Akins. 241,313 likes · 956 talking about this. Blessed to be married to my best friend Thomas Rhett
