Thomas Rhett and Lauren Akins' Relationship Timeline
Thomas Rhett and Lauren Akins' Romance Is the Stuff of Movies. the Country Music Star First Met His Future Wife in Elementary School. They Became Good Friends...
Thomas Rhett and Lauren Akins' romance is the stuff of movies.
The country music star first met his future wife in elementary school. They became good friends and even dated for a short period of time in high school before reuniting as adults. After dating for six months, the pair got engaged and later tied the knot in October 2012.
But getting married at 22 wasn't easy. "Everybody was telling us not to … but we just fell in love at a young age," Rhett told PEOPLE.
Five years later, they started a family. They adopted their first daughter, Willa Gray, from Uganda in May 2017. Three months later, they welcomed daughter Ada James. They went on to welcome two more daughters, Lennon Love and Lillie Carolina, in 2020 and 2021, respectively.
From childhood friends to parents of four, here's everything to know about Thomas Rhett and Lauren Akins' relationship.
1990s: Thomas Rhett and Lauren Akins meet
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.
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2002: Thomas Rhett and Lauren Akins reconnect at camp
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 GQ in 2019 of the first time he fell in love. "Even though the feeling was not reciprocated in the sixth grade, I already knew I was in love with her. I know that sounds unbelievable, but it's true."
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