Sam Hunt is a dad again
The Hard to Forget hitmaker and his wife quietly welcomed son Weyman Allen Hunt - a brother for Lucy, three, and two-year-old Lowry - into the world on May 21, and the 40-year-old singer admitted the newborn is already very different to his older sisters.
He told Taste of Country: 'They're good. A little sleep deprived. Our most recent child got here in May, so he's finally starting to sleep a little better.
'We got spoiled with the first two. They were fairly easy. But Weyman, my third one, he likes to beat to his own drum, I guess you could say.'
Although the couple announced the births of their daughters on their own social media accounts, this time around the happy news went largely unnoticed because the couple teamed up with Cedartown First Methodist Church to reveal Weyman had been born.
A post on the church's Facebook page on 27 May read: "It's a Boy!
"Hannah + Sam Hunt announce the birth of their son, Weyman Allen Hunt, born May 21st, weighing 8lbs 6oz, and 20 1/2 in. long. The proud grandparents are Joan + Allen Hunt.
"Congratulations to the entire Hunt Family!(sic)
The Body Like a Back Road singer admitted in November that he was keen to take a break from touring when his kids are a little bit older and will be unable to join him on the road because of school commitments.
He told Audacy's Katie and Company podcast: 'I'm hopefully, in the next couple years, going to take a break from touring.
'The crowds have been so great and I want to get out there and tour while my kids are really young and they're able to come with me. And while people are interested in coming to see us because I don't want to take that for granted.'
Back in February 2022, Hannah filed for divorce and accused the Take Your Time singer of "inappropriate marital" behaviour and adultery. She declared Sam was "guilty of such cruel and inhuman treatment or conduct toward the spouse as renders cohabitation unsafe or improper'.
She added: "All hopes of reconciliation are exhausted.'
But she sparked confusion as she withdrew the petition just hours later, only to refile in a different county in Tennessee after getting the jurisdiction wrong.
Two months later, Hannah asked the court to dismiss the case and Sam was spotted wearing his wedding ring again.
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