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Hailey Whitters<\/a> is expecting her first child.<\/p>\n The “I’m in Love” star and her husband, industry veteran Jake Gear, announced her pregnancy on social media on Sunday (Aug. 24.)<\/p>\n They also shared some maternity photos snapped in a corn field — fitting for the singer, whose 2025 album is called\u00a0Corn Queen<\/em> — and shared some details about their baby-to-be.<\/p>\n Whitters’ baby will be a boy, and is due in November.<\/p>\n “Our greatest production yet,” the duo wrote in the caption of their announcement post.<\/p>\n Whitters and Gear got married on Oct. 1, 2022 in her hometown of Shueyville, Iowa. They had been together for over 10 years.<\/p>\n The ceremony took place at a country church, according to People<\/a><\/em>,\u00a0and was followed by a reception at her father’s farm.<\/p>\n Corn fields and hometown scenery have played a big role throughout their love story. They posed for wedding shots in front of a corn field.<\/p>\n When Gear popped the question two years prior, in 2020, they also took engagement photos<\/a> in a farm setting.<\/p>\n Gear has worked on Whitters’ music with her for several years. In 2023, she recounted<\/a>\u00a0him asking her, “Do you want a ring or a record?” and she chose to make the record before focusing on a proposal.<\/p>\n That album was\u00a0The Dream<\/em> and its deluxe version,\u00a0Living the Dream<\/em>, a 2020-2021 project that features one of her breakout songs “Ten Year Town” as well as collaborations with Jordan Davis<\/a>, Trisha Yearwood <\/a>and more.<\/p>\n 2025 brought a bumper crop of babies for the country music world.<\/p>\n Artists who are already parents to multiple children — including Sam Hunt<\/a>, Dan + Shay<\/a>‘s Shay Mooney and Lady A<\/a>‘s Hillary Scott — welcomed one more into their families this year.<\/p>\n Read More<\/em>: Country Stars Who Are Having Babies in 2025<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Other artists, like Whitters, are becoming first-time parents this year.<\/p>\n Hardy <\/a>and his wife Caleigh welcomed their first child. Lauren Alaina<\/a>, Cole Swindell<\/a> and Travis Denning<\/a> are three more stars who had their first children this year.<\/p>\n Gallery Credit: Carena Liptak<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nHailey Whitters and Jake Gear’s Love Story<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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