Lauren Akins never imagined that she would marry a world-renowned country singer and leave behind her own dreams.
But after tying the knot with Thomas Rhett and becoming the subject of songs like “Die a Happy Man,” she became a celebrity in her own right and decided to embrace the changes that life brought about.Born Lauren Gregory, Akins grew up in Madison, Tennessee, a town just north of Nashville, with her younger sister, Macy, and their little brother, Grayson.
She met Rhett in first grade, but they did not become good friends until they went to camp together during the summer before sixth grade.
By the time eighth grade rolled around, they were “joined at the hip,” she writes in her new memoir, Live in Love.The couple tried dating in.
Read more on usmagazine.com