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Thomas Rhett’s Birthday Was A Light In A ‘Heavy Week’

Thomas Rhett celebrated his 33rd birthday on March 30. It was a rough week for Nashville as the Nashville school shooting at Covenant House happened on that Monday (3/27). Thomas…

Thomas Rhett's Birthday Was A Light In A 'Heavy Week'
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Thomas Rhett celebrated his 33rd birthday on March 30. It was a rough week for Nashville as the Nashville school shooting at Covenant House happened on that Monday (3/27). Thomas has just signed on to do a benefit concert for the school shooting victims at Belmont University on April 12.

Rhett posted a photo of himself and his wife Lauren on a couple of horses yesterday (4/4) on Instagram. He captioned the image, "Wanted to say thank y'all for all the birthday love last week. This was how I spent my day - some light in a really heavy week. Love y'all."

Many fans responded to the post, including one who said, "Prayers for TN. HBD. Here's to many more. Lauren looks beautiful as usual." Another fan wrote, "Glad you had a beautiful time with your darling wife! Sorry for the heavy week!" One more fan commented, "Love you guys!"

See that post here.

Thomas recently posted a video of himself walking a horse and then getting a riding lesson. In the caption, he confessed that he has been "freaked out by horses most of my life," which is why the moment was so significant. Thomas' wife Lauren grew up around horses, and three of his four daughters now ride horses two or three days a week, and because of that, he said, "I need to get more comfortable around them. Today was the closest I've really been to a horse in my adult years, and it was incredible. I plan to be around them a lot more often."

Now Thomas revealed that not only is he more comfortable with horses, but he and his family have also added a few horses to their family. Rhett said, "We're actually building a little barn at our farm. We had one, and now we have three of 'em. So, I get why people say don't become a horse person unless you're ready to get into an intense hobby. And now I'm starting to understand it. I'm fully into it, man. I love it."

Thomas Rhett celebrates his 33rd birthday today (3/30) and is also celebrating the first anniversary of his Where We Started album on Saturday (4/1). Thomas reflects on where he and his wife Lauren started over a decade ago.

Rhett told us, "Just kinda looking back at the last decade of our lives … Shoot, 2012, when I was playing 600 shows a year, and Lauren was with me on the tour bus with nine other dudes, it felt like we were never going to get out of that. And my wife, being like, 'Man, how many times have we been to Wisconsin this year?'"

He continued, "I wake up now, and I'm like, we have four children; so much has changed in my career from just success to bigger rooms to getting to do neat collaborations with people. And sometimes you wake up, and you're like, man, today is tough. And you look back at your past, and you're like, yeah, but think about where we were. And I think whether you do music, or whatever you do, I think anyone can look back at their past, and be like man, looking at where we are now, compared to where we were, the future looks pretty bright."

14. "What's Your Country Song" - (2021)

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His 17th number one song. Rhett said of the song, “We wrote this song on the road last year in Dallas, Texas. It’s really about how I was noticing that no matter where you live or where you’re from, everyone has a little bit of country inside their bones.”


13. "Beer Can't Fix" - (2020) - Duet with Jon Pardi

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The song's thesis is that, regardless of the nature of one's life problems, there ain't nothing that a beer can't fix.


12. "Sixteen" - (2018)

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Thomas said that he wrote the song when he was 25, and that it was one of the first he wrote for the ‘Life Changes’ album.


11. "Look What God Gave Her" - (2019)

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Rhett said he wanted the video of the song to "highlight amazing women in Nashville for all of the amazing things they've done around the world." The video features his wife Lauren and their daughters.


10. "Unforgettable" - (2017)

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The song examines a day at the start of a relationship with the hindsight of a few years. It sounds like a classic the first time you hear it.


9. "Beer With Jesus" - (2012)

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The follow up to his debut single. Rhett wrote the song with Rick Huckaby and Lance Miller.


8. "Something To Do With My Hands" - (2012)

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Thomas' debut single. A great introduction to an amazing career.


7. "Life Changes" - (2018)

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The video for the song features his wife Lauren and two daughters Willa and Ada James on tour, along with him performing with his band on stage.


6. "Marry Me" - (2017)

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This song is so beautiful. The song’s chorus samples the melody of Taylor Swift’s 2014 song “Style” from her fifth studio album 1989.


5. “Craving You ( with Maren Morris)” - (2016)

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Thomas said of the collaboration with Maren Morris: "I think me and my wife and my team were just collectively like ‘Wow, she adds such a crazy element to the song.’”


4. "Crash and Burn" - (2015)

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It’s one of many songs that Chris Stapleton co-wrote for other artists (in this case, he co-wrote it with Jesse Frasure). On a personal note, this was me and my then 8-year-old son's favorite song and what made him love country music.


3. "Remember You Young" - (2019)

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A truly touching song. Thomas said that "We wrote this song about the people in life that we love, and always remembering them in their youth, no matter how much time passes and we all change." The song's accompanying music video features a group of elderly people who reminisce on their lives.


2. "Die a Happy Man" - (2015)

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What so many, myself included, call the "love song" of a lifetime. "Die a Happy Man" topped the Hot Country Songs chart on November 14, 2015. The song remained on top for seventeen weeks.


1."Be a Light" (featuring Reba McEntire, Hillary Scott, Chris Tomlin, and Keith Urban) (2020)

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A song that can lift anyone’s spirits. Thomas said that he wrote the song in 2019 and held on to it, but chose to release it because he thought its message would be well received in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak.

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