Thomas Rhett Shares Advice to His Teenage Self About Telling Wife Lauren He's in Love with Her: 'Very Important'
- - Thomas Rhett Shares Advice to His Teenage Self About Telling Wife Lauren He's in Love with Her: 'Very Important'
Rachel DeSantisDecember 5, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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Lauren Akins and Thomas Rhett attend the CMA Awards in Nashville in November 2024 -
Thomas Rhett shared a video that showed off his love origin story with wife Lauren Akins
"One day you'll realize you're in love with your best friend. It's VERY important that you tell her that," he wrote
The couple is expecting their fifth child together
Thomas Rhett and wife Lauren Akinsā love story is the stuff of romance movies.
The country singer, 35, hopped on a new TikTok trend that showcased his sweet origin story with Lauren, 36, which began when they were children.
The trend begins with a line from Billy Joelās āPiano Man,ā showing a pivotal moment from oneās life. The song then goes into the chorus of Fleetwood Macās fan favorite āSilver Springs,ā and users share the outcome of listening to their guts, and letting fate unfold the way it did.
Thomas Rhettās version says, āOne day youāll realize youāre in love with your best friend. Itās VERY important that you tell her that.ā
āPiece of advice,ā he captioned the post.
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In the beginning of the video, Lauren walks into a homecoming event arm-in-arm with another classmate, while Thomas Rhett looks on sadly in his football jersey. Another throwback clip shows them laughing as teenagers, before the video jumps ahead to their current life together as a married couple.
The pair first met as kids, and were friends for years before dating as teenagers in high school. They broke up, and both dated other people, only to reconnect in their early 20s.
āIād loved that girl since high school, and I told her father how I felt. He said, āIf you donāt tell her, Iām going to.ā It was a total Ryan Gosling moment,ā Thomas Rhett told HITS Daily Double in 2019. āI said to her, āI just want to kiss you one time. If you donāt feel anything, we can go back to being friends.'ā
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Thomas Rhett and Lauren Akins at the Kentucky Derby in May 2024
They tied the knot in October 2012 at just 22 years old, and are now parents to daughters Willa Gray, 10, Ada James, 8, Lennon Love, 5, and Lillie Carolina, 4.
Lauren and the āDie a Happy Manā singer announced in August that theyāre expecting their fifth child together.
āHere we go again! Weāve got some really excited big sisters in our house. God is so good,ā Thomas Rhett captioned the post
In November, the pair also shared a sweet family video of Lauren sharing the happy news with her family, including a shocked Thomas Rhett, who laughed with surprise and asked, āAre you serious?ā
āFinding out about #5,ā he captioned the post. āSaw that phone propped up from a mile away and knew Laur was up to something šā
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