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“Friday the 13th is a pretty magical day,” she added.

“My heart is about to explode!! I’m so in love with our sweet baby boy,” Sonya Akins wrote in a second post. “Thank you lord for this precious gift that you have given our family!!”

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My heart is about to explode!! I’m so in love with our sweet baby boy!! Thank you lord for this precious gift that you have given our family!! 💙💙💙

A post shared by Sonya Akins (@sonya_akins) on Mar 17, 2020 at 7:32pm PDT

Their new son is the couple’s first child together. Akins, 50, is already dad to 27-year-old Kasey Lee Akins and 29-year-old Thomas Rhett Akins, the latter of whom is also a country superstar with a new baby of his own at home.

Thomas and his wife, Lauren, welcomed their third daughter, Lennon Love, on Feb. 10.

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