Lauren Alaina is expecting her first child with husband Cam Arnold, and the country singer said the pregnancy is making her feel a little bit like “the Grinch,” but in a good way.
“[I didn’t know] I can love something that I haven’t even really held yet. I feel the baby inside me, and it’s kicking me and doing all of the things,” Lauren, 30, told People in an interview published on Wednesday, January 22. “It’s like I was the Grinch or something, and my heart grew.”
Lauren said that her pregnancy has made her love for Cam, who she married in 2024, even stronger.
“My love for him grew that day of getting married, and then finding out we were having a baby together. Walking through this experience with him has been unbelievable,” the American Idol alum explained to the outlet. “I’m looking forward to watching my husband be a dad. He is so obsessed with our animals; he’s a big nurturer in general. In fact, when I was getting ready to marry him, that was something that I knew would be one of the best things about being his wife, was being able to parent with him.”
The news of Lauren and Cam’s impending arrival came as a surprise and she admitted that they hadn’t planned on trying for a baby until the end of 2025. However, the “Getting Over Him” singer said that she’s leaving it all up to God’s plans.
“Now I’m scared because I don’t feel like I passed any sort of test. They don’t make you take a test on being a mom. It’s crazy. People are like, ‘What’s your plan with the birth? And what’s your plan here?’” she said. “And I’m like, listen, ‘God’s plan. It wasn’t my plan.’”
Lauren’s father passed away in July 2024, but the baby news has been something that’s allowed her and her family to feel some joy again.
“I do think that my dad passed away and got a stair up in heaven and was like, ‘Hey, we got to work something out down there to send the family something good.’ And it has been such an unexpected blessing,” Lauren gushed. “We obviously still talk about and are dealing with the grief of my dad, but this baby has healed a lot of that for us … like it’s a little piece of my dad that will live on.”
While she and Cam already know the sex of the baby, they’re keeping that news private at the moment. She also revealed that she and Cam already have a name picked out as well. Lauren stayed tight-lipped on what they plan to call the little one, but she did tease that he or she will be named after a family member.
Cam and Lauren first met in 2020 when they both attended Luke Bryan’s Crash My Playa festival. Fans weren’t aware of their relationship until the “Ladies in the ‘90s” artist revealed that the Nashville-based insurance sales professional had popped the question in November 2022. Less than two years later, Lauren and Cam said their vows on February 4, 2024.
“I’m excited to have someone to celebrate everything with. To have a definite first call, always,” Lauren told People at the time, “and just a partnership that is so much stronger than any other partnership you have. It’s exciting to know you have someone to celebrate everything with and to share hardships with, to have someone that will walk through life with you, good and bad.”
