Renee Blair and Jordan Schmidt.Photo: Caitlin McNaney
Country singerRenee Blairis about to take on a new role in her life.
“If I’ve learned anything about life thus far, it’s to expect the unexpected!” she tells PEOPLE. “We got married and got pregnant all in what seemed like the same breath.”
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Renee Blair and Jordan Schmidt.Caitlin McNaney
“I was originally hoping to get pregnant right now actually, in May 2023, on our honeymoon in Italy — which has now been postponed for two wonderful reasons: the pregnancy and because Mom and Dad are nominated for ACM song of the year for co-writing HARDY’s’Wait in the Truck,'” she says.
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Blair, 31, adds, “I’m excited to be nominated for my first ACM alongside my husband, and also showing our son one day that we were thriving and living at an all-time high while he was growing in my belly!”
Schmidt, 35, echoes a similar sentiment, stating, “I’m so excited to share this moment with my wife and our unborn child, and I can’t wait for the day we show him pictures of how he was at the 58th ACMs!”
Blair continues, “We have kept the news silent from the public on social media — I have been out on the road touring the last couple months, and just put out the first single (“Holy Cowboy”) to my new album,Hillbetty, coming out later this year, and I was apprehensive to go once I found out I was pregnant.”
“But seeingRihanna debut her bump at the Super Bowlinspired me to do the same in front of my crowds each night, and it made for such a special moment with the audience,” she adds.
Renee Blair and Jordan Schidmt.Caitlin McNaney
Schmidt opted for a custom blazer, a David Yurman chain necklace and a monogrammed belt from Planet Cowboy in Nashville.
The 58th Academy of Country Music Awards are airing live from Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas, Thursday, May 11, at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT and stream live exclusively on Prime Video.
source: people.com
