Caitlyn Smith Reveals She's Pregnant at 2023 ACM Awards: 'Cookin' Baby No. 3!'

The singer and her husband Rollie Gaalswyk are already parents to sons Lewis James, 4, and Thomas Miles, 7

FRISCO, TEXAS - MAY 11: Caitlyn Smith attends the 58th Academy Of Country Music Awards at The Ford Center at The Star on May 11, 2023 in Frisco, Texas. (Photo by Jason Kempin/Getty Images)
Caitlyn Smith. Photo: Jason Kempin/Getty

Caitlyn Smith and her husband Rollie Gaalswyk are about to be outnumbered.

On the red carpet of the 58th Academy of Country Music Awards on Thursday, the "I Can't" singer, 36, revealed that she and Gaalswyk are expecting their third child. The couple are already parents to sons Lewis James, 4, and Thomas Miles, 7.

At the show, Smith was up for new female artist of the year, as are Priscilla Block, Megan Moroney, Morgan Wade and Hailey Whitters, who took home the prize. In April, Smith released her third album, High & Low.

"It's kind of a busy year, but I'm definitely gonna take some breaks and put up my feet while I can since I'm cookin' baby No. 3!" she told PEOPLE on the red carpet. "I haven't nested quite yet. I do have a cleaning bug, though — I'm kind of cleaning everything."

Mandatory Credit: Photo by Matt Baron/BEI/Shutterstock (13908309dn) Caitlyn Smith Academy of Country Music Awards, Arrivals, Frisco, Texas, USA - 11 May 2023
Caitlyn Smith. Matt Baron/BEI/Shutterstock

Smith spoke to PEOPLE about life with her two sons in 2020, revealing that she was inspired to write the title track for her second album Supernova while watching her boys play on the back porch of their home.

"[I] found myself overwhelmed at how quickly life is speeding by," she said. "I took the idea to my friend, [songwriter] Aimee Mayo, and we talked and cried about our kids, our parents, at the reality of getting older."

"We came to the conclusion that our lives should be lived as bright and as full and as beautiful as a supernova — the fullest expression of a star," she continued. "A star's final moment is the most awe-inspiring thing I've ever seen … and isn't that how we should be living our lives? Shining as brightly as we can."

FRISCO, TEXAS - MAY 11: Caitlyn Smith attends the 58th Academy Of Country Music Awards at The Ford Center at The Star on May 11, 2023 in Frisco, Texas. (Photo by Theo Wargo/WireImage)
Caitlyn Smith. Theo Wargo/WireImage

She also described how becoming a mom shifted her perspective on her life and career.

"I really had to sit down and do a lot of work, as I like to say, where, I realized, 'Okay, you're a mom now, you're going to be a mom of two and to be a great mom, you have to be a great person,'" she said. "So I did a lot of reading, a lot of meditating, a lot of therapy to really just go on this journey of trying to become the best version of myself and get rid of the stuff that doesn't serve me or my husband or my kids."

Check out PEOPLE's full ACM Awards coverage to get the latest news on country's big night.

When the 2023 ACM Awards kick off, it will be a star-studded affair with Keith Urban, Miranda Lambert and Kane Brown all set to present.

The show — pegged as "Country Music's Party of the Year" — will also feature performances from Jason Aldean, Luke Combs, Cody Johnson, Jo Dee Messina, Ashley McBryde, Jelly Roll, Cole Swindell, The War And Treaty, Lainey Wilson and Bailey Zimmerman.

The 58th Academy of Country Music Awards are airing live from Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas Thursday, May 11 at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT and stream live exclusively on Prime Video.

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