Jake Owen Releases New Album with Baby No. 2's Debut Just Weeks Away: 'I'm More Calm This Time'

Jake Owen Releases New Album with Baby No. 2's Debut Just Weeks Away: 'I'm More Calm This Time'

Just about the only big thing that isn’t happening to Jake Owen right now is a new baby. But give him a few more weeks: The daughter that he and girlfriend Erica Hartlein are expecting is due on May 1.

Otherwise, Owen already has lots of major news already happening: a new album (with no small thanks to a new label and new management), a fresh ACM nomination, and even a first-time plunge into movie acting.

Add it all up, and “I’m just in a great place in life,” Owen, 37, tells PEOPLE.