Jake Owen welcomes baby girl and reveals her beautiful name

Jake Owen's girlfriend, Erica Hartlein, gives birth to a baby girl

Author: Alex CarmichaelPublished 30th Apr 2019
Last updated 11th May 2021

Country singer Jake Owen has welcomed a baby girl with his girlfriend, Erica Hartlein! The couple welcomed their first child together, a daughter they named Paris, on the 29th April 2019.

The 'Down To the Honkytonk' singer has kept his personal life with Erica fairly quiet, but took to Twitter to announce the birth of his daughter.

Whilst wishing country music legend, Willie Nelson, a happy birthday yesterday (29th April) the singer added, 'Also, happy birthday to my little beautiful daughter, Paris Hartley Owen born today April 29th, 2019. #GodIsGreat' sic.

Jake Owen is already a father to daughter Pearl, from his previous marriage to Lacey Buchanan, which ended in 2015. The 37-year-old has been dating girlfriend Erica Hartlein for two years now and announced Erica's pregnancy last November (2018).

Speaking to People Magazine in March 2019, Jake spoke of being a father the second time around, saying, 'To be blessed with another beautiful little girl is a big deal because I do think that it takes special men to be a great dad to a little girl.'

He continued, 'And I feel like, thanks to Pearl, she’s shown me how to be a good father to little girls, and I’ll be a great father to Paris because of that.'

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Country superstar, Carrie, posted a picture of Mike cradling their newborn boy with the caption, 'Jacob Bryan Fisher entered the world in the wee hours of the morning on Monday...his mom, dad and big brother couldn't be happier for God to trust them with taking care of this little miracle! Our hearts are full, our eyes are tired and our lives are forever changed. Life is good...' sic.

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Jake Owen released his sixth album 'Greetings From...Jake' on 29th March 2019, scoring a Number 1 hit with single 'I Was Jack (You Were Diane)', with single 'Down To The Honkytonk' peaking at Number 7 on Billboard's Country Airplay chart.

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