Thomas Rhett Celebrates Daughter: ‘Time Is Moving So Fast’

Thomas Rhett is a dad to four girls, and his youngest daughter, Lillie, just celebrated her 2nd birthday. Thomas posted photos of her on Instagram, including one as a baby at the hospital and one dancing with her dad at what looks like a wedding.

Rhett captioned the birthday photo dump, "Lillie, how in the world are you 2 already??! Time is moving so fast. I love you, sweet baby. You bring so much joy with that smile of yours. HAPPY Birthday!!!"

See that post here.

Lillie's mom and Thomas's wife, Lauren, also posted a message to her little girl along with a photo of mom and daughter sharing a kiss on Instagram. She wrote, "My Lillie is 2 today (yellow heart emoji), the snuggliest and kissiest baby ever (hug emoji). My heart stays in a puddle."

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Last month (10/12), Rhett and his wife Lauren celebrated their 11th wedding anniversary.

Sharing three photos of the couple with their arms around each other, Thomas wrote in the post on Instagram, "11 years married to this amazing woman. I can still remember what she looked like in first grade. I still remember how much taller than me she was at church camp in 6th grade."

He continued, "I still remember picking her up on our first date at 16. I still remember how fast my heart was beating when she walked down the aisle. Basically, I remember it all so vividly. I can't believe how much life we have gotten to share together. @laur_akins, you have been and always will be my best friend."

He concluded the post, "I thank God for you every single day. I love you so much. Thank you for loving me and everyone you know so well. Happy Anniversary (raised hands emoji) you+me+4."

See that post here.

This week, we are celebrating drummers with the marking of National Hug A Drummer Day. To celebrate, we dug up some country music stars of today who play the drums and do it quite well.

National Hug A Drummer Day is marked each year to honor the drummer who often takes a backseat in bands and helps the star of the show shine.

Let's look at some country music stars that, once in a while, head back to play the drums.

During Thomas' high-energy show, he steps back to play a drum solo. Before Rhett learned to play the guitar and started writing some of country music's best songs, he studied drums in college in Nashville, where he started a band with his college buddies, the High Heeled Flip Flops, which he describes as "punk rock." Thomas said that his music education began with drums, which is why he's such a big supporter of the CMA Foundation, which helps schools and music education all over the country.

Chris sits at the drums most nights in his live show, taking over for his band drummer, and his skills are pretty impressive. Not only does Janson dabble on the drums with a solo each night in concert, but he also plays a mean harmonica strapped on his neck as he also plays guitar. In June, Chris released his first album project for BMLG called The Outlaw Side Of Me. The Grand Ole Opry member had two previous albums released on other Nashville labels.

In her 2022/2023 "Demin and Rhinetones" tour, Carrie showed off her impressive drumming skills during the section of her show that pays homage to the rock and roll greats like Gun N' Roses. When she played the show in Lexington in October of last year (2022), after the show, she told me backstage that her drumming was "off" that night, although it seemed perfect to me. It made me realize that she was striving for perfection, even in a drum solo she learned for the show.

Keith adds drumming to his many skills. In his 2023 Las Vegas residency at Planet Hollywood, he shows off some serious drum moves. Urban is, of course, best known as a guitar player and even created his own banjo/guitar hybrid that he calls a "Ganjo.' He is one of Nashville's most gifted musicians and has worked on many country albums in the studio before he released his solo Nashville debut in 1999. While he isn't known as a drummer, with his drumming skills, we do believe he should get a hug on this special day.

Luke is a transplant from the world of acting and plays Kayce Dutton in the popular show Yellowstone, which stars Kevin Costner and, in part of Season Five, featured Lainey Wilson in her first acting role as a country singer named Abby. In interviewing Grimes last month, we learned that before acting and before his country music dreams started, he was a drummer in a church band as a kid, and his father was the pastor. Drums also influenced who he listened to. He told us, "I have a pretty eclectic range of influences because I started as a drummer, and some bands that have the best drummers don't have the best songwriters."

While Luke does not yet play a drum solo in his live performances, he did his first live show in April of 2023.