Jenna Paulette Is Pregnant! Rising Country Star Reveals at 2024 ACMs That She's Expecting Baby Girl
The singer is five months pregnant with a daughter, she tells PEOPLE
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Jenna Paulette and husband Ross at the ACM Awards in Frisco, Texas on May 16, 2024Jenna Paulette is going to be a mom!
The "Wild Like the West" singer revealed her baby bump in a form-fitting gown on the red carpet at the 59th Annual ACM Awards on May 16. Paulette's husband Ross also offered his wife a sweet smooch as the couple told PEOPLE they're expecting a daughter this fall.
The rising country star, 35, proudly cradled her belly as she smiled in her long Michael Lo Sordo dress accessorized with turquoise jewelry from Hippie Cowgirl Couture Inc.
PEOPLE caught up with Paulette on the red carpet, where she admitted it's "absolutely" a relief to have her pregnancy be public.
"I've been wearing my Wranglers — I've been on the road pretty much the whole time and wearing my Wranglers which go literally over my navel, so uncomfortable!" she said.
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Jenna Paulette and husband Ross at the ACM Awards in Frisco, Texas on May 16, 2024Check out PEOPLE's full ACM Awards coverage here.
Paulette told PEOPLE that while she's thrilled to be expecting her first child, she's most ready to see her husband with their baby girl.
"I'm excited to see her with her dad and to see her with a cowboy," she said of Ross, who works as a cattle rancher. "You know, he's just somebody that is so tough, and I feel like they're both going to bring out great things in each other."
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Jenna Paulette at the ACM Awards in Frisco, Texas on May 16, 2024Paulette spoke to PEOPLE in December 2023 about immediately bonding with Ross over the fact that they both want to start cattle companies named after their grandfathers.
"It was just the connection that I don't think you could ever forget," she said. He went on to star in the emotional music video for her single, "You Ain't No Cowboy," and volunteered to tell the story of his struggle with addiction and suicidal thoughts.
"I just really think it's one of the most amazing things you could conquer in life to say no to an addiction, especially when you have addictive personality, because it's really in your blood," Paulette said at the time.
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She admitted she "got tears in my eyes" when her partner volunteered to tell his personal story for her video.
"That was the only thing that could make this thing mean more to anybody," Paulette added.
Ross was a cattle rancher in the video, as he is in life, and Paulette was a rancher before becoming a country artist, working on her family's property in Thackerville, Oklahoma.
"Those calves can all get sick and die. Just so much of it doesn't depend on us," she revealed to PEOPLE about the stress of the profession, admitting that the "pressure's just immense."
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Jenna Paulette at the ACM Awards in Frisco, Texas on May 16, 2024Related: ACM Awards 2024: See the Complete List of Winners!
Paulette shares glimpses into her life with Ross on Instagram occasionally and recently posted a photo of the couple embracing each other in a carousel that also included a video of Ross roping cattle.
"That’s how he got my heart ➡️🫠❤️🔥," the "Darlin'" singer captioned the post, referring to the video of her man in his element.
The 2024 Academy of Country Music Awards streamed live on Prime Video from Ford Center at The Star in Texas.
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