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Thomas Rhett Looks Back At ‘Crazy’ Ten Years Of Family

Thomas Rhett’s latest album is called Where We Started. The  latest single from the album features Riley Green, and is called “Half Of Me.” Thinking about his “better half” — his…

Thomas Rhett Looks Back 'Crazy' Ten Years Of Family
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Thomas Rhett's latest album is called Where We Started. The  latest single from the album features Riley Green, and is called "Half Of Me." Thinking about his "better half" -- his wife Lauren -- Thomas can't believe how far the couple and their four girls have come. They got married almost ten years ago on October 12, 2012.

Rhett told us, "With the whole outlook of 'Where We Started,' for me, I kinda look back to when I first started in this career, when I first got married, and just lookin' at Lauren and being like, dang. 10 years ago, you and I were riding in a Sprinter van with eight other dudes in my band, and we were doing 300 shows a year."

He added, "You know, looking at our life now with four children and, by the grace of God, had a little bit of success in this business, and it's kinda wild to look back and ask yourself if I could tell my 21-year-old self, this is where you're going to be, this is crazy."

Thomas just posted about the other woman in his life, his sister Kasey. He captioned the image of himself with Kasey holding her two kids, "Me and my sister @kasey_akins_brandon momming and dadding at a high school football game on my first Friday night at home since I don't know when. Life is good; thanks for taking this picture, honey @laur_akins."

Tyler Hubbard's wife Hayley commented on the post, "Aw love this." Little Big Town's Karen Fairchild reacted with four heart emojis. One excited fan commented, "This is so awesome!!! There's Nothing like family!!!."

In another family post from last week, Rhett posted an image of himself with his daughter Ada James, "Love this little baby."

Rhett is currently out on his "Bring The Bar To You Tour" with Parker McCollum and Conner Smith, which will wrap up on October 15th.

Thomas Rhett and his wife Lauren have four daughters who are all under kindergarten age, and according to Thomas, the couple is going to hit "pause" on having more kids for now.

He told CMT recently, “I think Lauren and I were really honest with each other and were like, ’Let’s take a pause for four or five years and kind of get the hang of what this is going to look like.'”

Rhett did say that the couple's oldest daughter Willie Gray, who is six and was adopted, talks about adoption all the time. He offered, “Adoption is 100 percent on our brains in the next four to five years. We would love to do that. It’s been put on our hearts very heavily to do that again; we just don’t know when.”

Thomas also said not too long ago that he wants a big family, but added, “We’ll see what happens.”

We take a look at the many red carpet photos the couple has taken over the years and note how many of them show a pregnant Lauren.

2013 ACM Awards

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LAS VEGAS, NV - APRIL 07: Musician Thomas Rhett (R) and Lauren Akins arrive at the 48th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on April 7, 2013 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Jason Merritt/Getty Images)


2017 CMT Music Awards - Arrivals

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NASHVILLE, TN - JUNE 07: Musician Thomas Rhett and wife Lauren Akins attend the 2017 CMT Music Awards at the Music City Center on June 7, 2017 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Michael Loccisano/Getty Images For CMT)


2016 CMT Music Awards - Arrivals

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NASHVILLE, TN - JUNE 08: Singer-songwriter Thomas Rhett and wife Lauren Gregory attends the 2016 CMT Music awards at the Bridgestone Arena on June 8, 2016 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Mike Coppola/Getty Images for CMT)


2016 Billboard Music Awards - Arrivals

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LAS VEGAS, NV - MAY 22: Recording artist Thomas Rhett (L) and Lauren Gregory Akins attend the 2016 Billboard Music Awards at T-Mobile Arena on May 22, 2016 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by David Becker/Getty Images)


2019 American Music Awards - Red Carpet

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LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - NOVEMBER 24: (L-R) Thomas Rhett and Lauren Akins attend the 2019 American Music Awards at Microsoft Theater on November 24, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images for dcp)


2018 Roc Nation THE BRUNCH - Red Carpet

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NEW YORK, NY - JANUARY 27: Lauren Akins and Thomas Rhett attend Roc Nation THE BRUNCH at One World Observatory on January 27, 2018 in New York City. (Photo by Theo Wargo/Getty Images for Roc Nation)


2019 CMT Artists of the Year - Arrivals

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NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE - OCTOBER 16: (L-R) Honoree Thomas Rhett and Lauren Akins attend the 2019 CMT Artists of the Year at Schermerhorn Symphony Center on October 16, 2019 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Terry Wyatt/Getty Images)


The 54th Annual CMA Awards - Arrivals

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NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE - NOVEMBER 11: (FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY) Thomas Rhett and Lauren Akins attend the 54th annual CMA Awards at the Music City Center on November 11, 2020 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Jason Kempin/Getty Images for CMA)


60th Annual GRAMMY Awards - Arrivals

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NEW YORK, NY - JANUARY 28: Lauren Akins (L) and reecording artist Thomas Rhett attend the 60th Annual GRAMMY Awards at Madison Square Garden on January 28, 2018 in New York City. (Photo by Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images)


The 53rd Annual CMA Awards - Arrivals

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NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE - NOVEMBER 13: (FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY) (L-R) Willa Gray Akins, Thomas Rhett, Ada James Akins and Lauren Akins attend the 53rd annual CMA Awards at the Music City Center on November 13, 2019 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Jason Kempin/Getty Images)

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