HARDY and wife Caleigh are expecting their first child

HARDY and his wife Caleigh Ryan are expecting their first child next year.

HARDY shared a carousel of photos of the couple in a maternity photo shoot on Instagram, captioning the post: “You’ve been our favorite little secret to keep. Baby HARDY is due in February 2025,” along with a baby bottle emoji . The photos show Caleigh in a long, off-the-shoulder white dress that shows off her baby bump, while HARDY is dressed in jeans and a long-sleeved shirt.

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On his Instagram stories, Ryan also wrote: “Thank you all so much for all the words and love you have shared with us about our little one!! I am so relieved and excited to finally have the news!! We’re going to be parents! This is so much fun!”

After dating for several years, HARDY and Caleigh got engaged in August 2021 when the singer-songwriter proposed at the Lyric Theater in Oxford, Mississippi, the same venue where the couple first met. They married in October 2022 in Nashville before leaving for a honeymoon in Thailand.

The couple first privately shared the soon-to-be-parents news during an industry-exclusive #1 party earlier this week in Nashville, celebrating Kenny Chesney’s “Take Her Home,” which HARDY is from co-author, along with Zach Abend. and Hunter Phelps.

As an artist, HARDY has achieved three No. 1 on Country Airplay, including “Truck Bed,” “One Beer” (featuring Lauren Alaina & Devin Dawson) and “Beers on Me” (featuring Dierks Bentley & Breland). He has also recently teamed up with Stephen Wilson Jr. for an acoustic version of Wilson’s song “Father’s Son”.

Watch HARDY and Caleigh’s announcement below:

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