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Love and Theft’s Stephen Barker Liles’ Family Is Expanding!
Stephen Barker Liles' family unwrapped a pretty incredible gift on Christmas in 2016: The Love and Theft member and his wife Jenna are expecting their second child, the artist revealed on Monday (Dec. 26), and on Christmas Day (Dec. 25), they learned the baby's gender as they were opening presents.
A press release reports that Barker Liles and his wife decided to keep their new addition's gender a surprise until Christmas morning. While opening gifts, the couple and their son Jett opened up a box containing an "It's a Girl!" balloon; readers can press play above to watch the special moment.
"We could have found out the sex of the baby [before now], but it was worth the wait," Barker Liles says. "We couldn’t be more excited ... We both come from big families and are excited to start our own big family."
Barker Liles and his wife, who have been married since Aug. 24, 2014, have not yet decided on a name for their new baby girl. Jett recently turned three, on Dec. 2.
Love and Theft released their latest single, "Candyland," in the fall. In March, Barker Liles and duo partner Eric Gunderson signed on with
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Love and Theft's Eric Gunderson on Alcoholism and 7 Years of Sobriety: 'I Was in Fear of Losing My Life'
Eric Gunderson should be dead.
One half of country duo Love and Theft, Gunderson's alcohol addiction was so serious seven years ago that he was experiencing the precursors of organ failure.
"I've had a couple bad scares," he admits. "I got a little bit addicted to alcohol. I didn't realize it was so easy. I come from a family with a history of addiction. I guess there's that genetic predisposition there, but in the music business, I think idle hands are definitely the devil's playground."
Love & Theft recently released their EP, Better Off. The diverse six-song collection is the first project the duo, which also includes Stephen Barker Liles, has released since Gunderson got sober. The men co-wrote every song and self-produced the album largely from Gunderson's home studio.
"We just wanted to write the songs in a fun, charismatic and carefree way," Gunderson, 37, tells PEOPLE. "We didn't want to force our ideas into a machine and just crank out another typical radio-friendly project. We just took a few more risks and did what the song called for."
Gunderson couldn't have co-written an
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