The pair — who met on the set of the hit ABC show in 2018 —tied the knotthe following year in an intimate Texas ceremony. Just shy of their one-year anniversary, the newlyweds announced that they were expanding their family.
“We are very excited,” Barrett told PEOPLE in 2020 of herself and her husband becoming parents. “The Lord hasblessed us with a little one, and we’re really excited to finally be able to share the news with everybody and just have a big old family celebration about it.”
“It’s a whole new world, honestly. It’s so true all the cliché sayings — when youhave kids, everything changesin your world; just flips upside down,” Barrett told PEOPLE in 2021.
The Billboard Music Award winner — whose husband is the lead guitarist in her band — shared that she works hard to balance her family life with the demands of her career, which often includes bringing her children on the road.
“I’mtrying my best to really prioritizeand give X amount of time to music and X amount of time to family,” she told PEOPLE in 2024. “And right now, I think we’re in a really good balance.”
Baylah May, 4
Barrett and Foehner became first-time parents with the birth of their daughter, Baylah May, on Jan. 18, 2021.
“Gotten to spend a very sweet week with our newest addition.. meet our girl🥰” the proud momwroteon Instagram at the time.
“Cade’s sister’s name is Bailey Blane and I was just kind of trying to spin off of that because I like the name Bailey, but I wanted something that was a little more original,” she said. “I was in the airport just messing with it and I was like, ‘Bailey, Baylah,’ and I was like, ‘Oh, I like Baylah’ and I put it down in my notes."
“My sister was born in the month of May and so we did Baylah May,” she added.
Shortly after her arrival, Baylah joined her parents as they embarked onThomas Rhett’s 2021 The Center Point Road Tour.
“I’m really excited for her to kind of be able to watch us on the side of the stage, and as she grows, become more aware of what we do and songs and things like that,” she toldEntertainment Tonightin 2021. “And then eventually we can write songs about her and it will just be so sweet."
In 2024, Barrett kept her promise and released, “Growin' Up Raising You,” a personal ballad from her sophomore album,Chapter & Verse.
“This song was specifically written about my first born daughter, Baylah. I’ve learned so much over the past few years watching my babies grow & I wouldn’t have it any other way,” shewroteon Instagram, promoting the new single.
When Barrett and Foehner aren’t taking the stage, Baylah can often be seen on her parents’ social media enjoying everything from soaking up rays at the beach to spending somemother-daughter time at the spafor her 2nd birthday.
“Now everything’s kind of transformed from me doing it for myself, to me doing it for her now, and I would much rather have it that way,” Barrett previously told PEOPLE. “She’s just my whole world now.”
Augustine Boone, 2
Barrett and Foehner welcomed their second child and first son, Augustine Boone, on Oct. 27, 2022.
After Augustine was born, Barrett continued to include him in her work, and he starred in her music video for “Glory Days” when he was 8 months old. In the video, he can be seen playing in the kitchen, cozying up on his mom’s chest and enjoying the great outdoors.
“Seeing my sweet family in this video just melts my heart,” she added. “I feel so unbelievably blessed.”
Ivy Josephine, 1
Barrett and Foehner welcomed their newest family member, Ivy Josephine, on Feb. 17, 2024.
Approximately 10 months after giving birth to Augustine, Barrett and Foehner announced they wereexpecting their third childand second daughter.
“My first was a girl, second was a boy,third will be a girl again. So love girls, love raising my first one,” she told PEOPLE in 2023. “So lots of personalities in the house.”
Prior to their daughter’s arrival, Barrett revealed that Baylah was excited for the impending arrival and “understands it all.”
source: people.com
