{"id":4715,"date":"2023-09-11T19:19:04","date_gmt":"2023-09-11T19:19:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/strongermarriages\/?p=4715"},"modified":"2023-09-11T19:20:20","modified_gmt":"2023-09-11T19:20:20","slug":"luke-combs-and-wife-nicole-welcome-second-child-couldnt-love-you-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/strongermarriages\/2023\/09\/luke-combs-and-wife-nicole-welcome-second-child-couldnt-love-you-more.html","title":{"rendered":"Luke Combs and Wife Nicole Welcome Second Child: &#8216;Couldn&#8217;t love you more&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_4730\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4730\" style=\"width: 768px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4730\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/413\/2023\/09\/luke-combs_credit-kathy-hutchins-shutterstock-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"576\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4730\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kathy Hutchins \/ Shutterstock.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Country singer Luke Combs and his wife Nicole have welcomed their second child, Beau Lee Combs. The pair announced his birth via Instagram, sharing a Polaroid photo of the newborn&#8217;s feet, with the caption, &#8220;8.15.2023 &#8211; Beau Lee Combs. Welcome to the world. We couldn\u2019t love you more.&#8221; Baby Beau, who was originally due in September, arrived a bit early while Combs was touring in Australia. Nicole previously spoke with Country Now and revealed that she was trying not to go into early labor until Luke got back from tour. \u201cI\u2019m not due until after he gets back [from Australia], so I\u2019m trying really hard not to go into early labor. 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The pair revealed the news that they were expecting baby number two by having Tex wear a &#8220;Big Brother&#8221; t-shirt during a photoshoot last winter. They captioned the photos &#8220;Joining the 2 under 2 club! Baby boy #2 coming this September!!&#8221;\u00a0 In May, the couple debuted Nicole&#8217;s baby bump at the 2023 ACM Awards. While speaking to People on the red carpet about the couple&#8217;s preparations for their second child, Combs said &#8220;We&#8217;re getting ready. We&#8217;re just in it. We&#8217;re in the trenches, taping grenades. [We&#8217;re] excited for the second one. They&#8217;re gonna be close [in age], but I feel like we&#8217;ll be in practice.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Nicole and Luke have been together since 2016 when they met at a songwriters festival in Florida. \u201cNicole was by Luke\u2019s side long before he became a country music sensation,\u201d Country Now\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/countrynow.com\/breaking-luke-combs-and-wife-nicole-combs-announce-birth-of-second-son\/\">shared<\/a>. \u201cThe couple met during the 2016 Key West Songwriters Festival in Florida. At the time, Nicole was working at BMI, who served as the host of the event, and Combs was a performer.\u201d They tied the knot on August 1, 2020 at their southern Florida home in an intimate ceremony with their close friends and family.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Country singer Luke Combs and his wife Nicole have welcomed their second child, Beau Lee Combs. The pair announced his birth via Instagram, sharing a Polaroid photo of the newborn&#8217;s feet, with the caption, &#8220;8.15.2023 &#8211; Beau Lee Combs. Welcome to the world. 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