© 2026 ABC News

Rhett and Akins celebrated 10 years of marriage in October. Since tying the knot, Rhett has put out several songs about Akins, including \"Die a Happy Man.\"

Akins also shared details from their relationship in her memoir \"Live in Love: Growing Together Through Life's Changes.\"

The couple have four daughters together: Willa Gray, 7, Ada James, 5, Lennon Love, 3, and Lillie Carolina, 1.

Rhett kicked off his Home Team Tour 23 in Des Moines, Iowa, in May. The next stop on his tour will be at the KeyBank Center in Buffalo, New York, on July 6.

","canonicalUrl":"https://abcnews.com/GMA/Culture/thomas-rhett-gets-sweet-surprise-wife-lauren-akins/story?id=100418237","legacySlug":"/culture/story/thomas-rhett-gets-sweet-surprise-wife-lauren-akins-100418237","noIndexNoFollow":false},"publishTime":"19:53","publishDate":"06-27-2023","updatedTime":"19:50","updatedDate":"06-27-2023","socialImage":{"alt":"Thomas Rhett shared a video featuring his wife Lauren Akins surprising him.","credit":"Thomas Rhett Akins/Instagram","ratio":"16x9","url":"https://s.abcnews.com/images/GMA/thomas-rhett-ht-lv-230627_1687886705178_hpMain_16x9_1600.jpg","width":992,"height":558},"datePublished":"6/27/2023 19:53:17 GMT","video":{"live":false,"id":100418237,"headline":"Thomas Rhett surprised by wife Lauren Akins","mediaAssetTitle":"THOMAS RHETT GMA","description":"\"Luckiest guy in the world,\" Rhett said. ","duration":"1:00","posterImg":{"url":"https://s.abcnews.com/images/GMA/default-img-undefined.png","width":608,"height":342},"video":{"feed":"https://service-pkgabcnews.akamaized.net/opp/hls/abcnews/2022/03/220330_gma_digital_rhett_,500,800,1200,1800,2500,3200,4500,.mp4.csmil/playlist.m3u8"},"playlist":["83065563","83108602","83388212"]},"relatedItems":[{"contentType":"story","date":"February 23, 2022","headline":"Thomas Rhett shares 'what it's like having 4 kids…' with hilarious video","section":"culture","slug":"/culture/story/thomas-rhett-shares-hilarious-video-daughters-show-kids-83065563","id":83065563,"image":{"alt":"Thomas Rhett shares 'what it's like having 4 kids…' with hilarious video","url":"https://s.abcnews.com/images/GMA/thomas-rhett-01-gty-iwb-220223_1645638248178_hpMain_4x3t_240.jpg","credit":"Eliot J. Schechter/NHLI via Getty Images, FILE","ratio":"1x1"}},{"contentType":"story","date":"February 28, 2022","headline":"Thomas Rhett talks upcoming album and 'chaos' in raising 4 daughters","section":"culture","slug":"/culture/story/thomas-rhett-talks-upcoming-album-chaos-raising-daughters-83108602","id":83108602,"image":{"alt":"Thomas Rhett talks upcoming album and 'chaos' in raising 4 daughters","url":"https://s.abcnews.com/images/GMA/thomas-rhett-gty-jt-220224_1645813128051_hpMain_4x3t_240.jpg","credit":"Connie Chronuk/ABC via Getty Images, FILE","ratio":"1x1"}},{"contentType":"story","date":"March 11, 2022","headline":"Thomas Rhett posts funny video of his wife learning he has an album on the way","section":"culture","slug":"/culture/story/thomas-rhett-shares-hilarious-video-wife-lauren-finding-83388212","id":83388212,"image":{"alt":"Thomas Rhett posts funny video of his wife learning he has an album on the way","url":"https://s.abcnews.com/images/GMA/thomas-rhett-gty-jt-211101_1635795054824_hpMain_4x3t_240.jpg","credit":"John Shearer/Getty Images for CMA, FILE","ratio":"1x1"}}],"relatedContentSection":"news","schemaContent":{"name":"Thomas Rhett surprised by wife Lauren Akins","description":"\"Luckiest guy in the world,\" Rhett said. ","duration":"1:00","uploadDate":"06-27-2023","publication":"06-27-2023","images":"https://s.abcnews.com/images/GMA/default-img-undefined.png","url":"https://service-pkgabcnews.akamaized.net/opp/hls/abcnews/2022/03/220330_gma_digital_rhett_,500,800,1200,1800,2500,3200,4500,.mp4.csmil/playlist.m3u8","contentUrl":"https://service-pkgabcnews.akamaized.net/opp/hls/abcnews/2022/03/220330_gma_digital_rhett_,500,800,1200,1800,2500,3200,4500,.mp4.csmil/playlist.m3u8","link":"https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/culture/story/thomas-rhett-gets-sweet-surprise-wife-lauren-akins-100418237"}},"playlist":[{"id":"133748258","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"133730535","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"133712423","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"133694181","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"133688738","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"133616358","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"133616342","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"133522899","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"133584123","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"133579397","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"133482839","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"133390157","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"133415361","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"133414032","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"133380485","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"133358298","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"133350119","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"133307515","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"133307527","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"133282665","contentType":"story","section":"news"}],"kvps":{"pgtyp":"article","lang":"en","sp":"goodmorningamerica","programmatic":"true","bundleId":"com.abcnews"}},"analytics":{"accountID":"wdgnewwdgnewgmaweb","ns":"gma","pageName":"gma:culture:video","pageType":"video","globalSpecVersion":"v1.08","siteDifferentiator":"gma:site","tagID":"g_page01","userABCookie":"0","section":"culture","title":"Thomas Rhett surprised by wife Lauren Akins","pubTime":"15:53","pubDate":"06-27-2023","modTime":"15:50","modDate":"06-27-2023","taxonomyTags":"none","id":100418237,"editorialOtherSubjects":"","wordCount":"none","columns":"none","authors":"","authorsUnit":"none","authorsBureau":"none","subBrand":"Good Morning America","provider":"Good Morning America","videoName":"Thomas Rhett surprised by wife Lauren Akins","mediaAssetTitle":"THOMAS RHETT GMA","videoId":100418237,"mediaOnPage":"video","legacySlug":"/culture/story/thomas-rhett-gets-sweet-surprise-wife-lauren-akins-100418237"},"taboola":{}},"request":{"headers":{},"httpVersion":"1.1","method":"GET","url":"/video/100418237","vary":{"host":"www.goodmorningamerica.com","cached":true,"path":"/video/100418237","forwarded-proto":"https","device":"desktop","userab":"0"}},"viewport":{"width":1260,"height":0},"user":{}};