Country star Thomas Rhett's wife Lauren Akins candidly reveals moment in their marriage that left her bitterly resenting him: 'I didn't like him'

Country prima Thomas Rhett's woman Lauren Akins has opened up connected why she 'resented' him early connected successful their matrimony and really she felt for illustration she was 'drowning' arsenic their family grew.

In a video shared connected YouTube by I Am Second titled, Lauren Akins - This Wasn't The Plan, nan 34-year-old lifted nan lid connected nan problem she and Thomas, besides 34, faced successful their relationship while he toured nan world. 

She admitted that nan mates had reached a breaking constituent astatine nan tallness of her spouse's profession - adding that she yet 'hated' him for chasing his dreams arsenic she was near to attraction for their children astatine home. 

Lauren - who tied nan knot to nan Unforgettable hitmaker successful 2012 - explained that their romance deed murky waters erstwhile they decided to adopt their oldest daughter, Willa Gray. 

Just aft nan mates began going done nan take process, Lauren sewage pregnant while her hubby sold retired arenas - leaving her carrying 1 kid and struggling to bring different location each alone. 

She explained that early into their marriage, Thomas' profession took disconnected and she decided to circuit pinch him. 

However, she soon felt for illustration she had fixed up connected her dream of becoming a nurse. 

'I realized beautiful early connected that I was not going to beryllium a moving caregiver successful a hospital. And truthful I started talking astir that pinch my husband,' she said.

'Just like, "I cognize this is what you're pursuing, but I'm going to beryllium honest, I really thought it wasn't going to activity retired and I thought I was going to beryllium a caregiver and that was really our life was going to go."

'"And that's conscionable not nan scheme that God had. I do want to support you, but I consciousness for illustration I request to find benignant of my ain way wrong this too."' 

Shortly after, she decided to spell connected a aesculapian ngo travel to Haiti, which is wherever she met Willa. 

Lauren recalled calling her spouse and explaining that she felt for illustration she was 'called to thief her find her everlastingly home.' 

Thomas replied: 'We'll do it.'

The lovebirds adopted Willa successful 2017 aft Lauren went done an 'intense' 13-month take process connected her ain because Thomas was touring. 

Things became moreover much stressful erstwhile Lauren discovered she was pregnant and was throwing up aggregate times a day. 

She confessed: 'I was getting sick and throwing up for illustration 50-something times a day.

'The full clip I was missing my husband. I started to resent him a small spot because he was backmost successful America touring.'

Lauren went backmost to nan US and her parents went to Haiti to bring Willa home. Three months aft they welcomed Willa to their home, Lauren gave commencement to their 2nd daughter, Ada. 

'It benignant of felt for illustration we went from zero to 2 beautiful speedy arsenic parents,' she said earlier explaining that she and nan kids had decided to subordinate Thomas connected tour. 

However, it seemed that being connected nan roadworthy only intensified their problems. 

Lauren admitted: 'His life went on, and I consciousness for illustration excavation stopped. And I felt for illustration we weren't doing it together anymore. 

'I consciousness for illustration location was a batch of miscommunication, location was a batch of resentment I was holding connected to moreover done nan take and after. I conscionable deed a breaking point. I didn't for illustration him and I resented him.'

The lovebirds felt their matrimony ripping astatine nan seams truthful they decided to acquisition an 'intense counseling session,' successful which they 'shared everything' and decided to 'restart.' 

They past welcomed their 3rd daughter, Lennon Love, successful 2020, and their 4th child, Lillie Carolina, successful 2021.

After giving commencement to Lillie, Lauren confessed that she suffered from terrible 'postpartum depression.' 

She admitted that she felt for illustration she was 'drowning' and stayed successful furniture for 'months' while Thomas took attraction of nan children. 

Lauren revealed she yet sewage amended aft consistently going to nan gym and praying - adding that she was truthful thankful for each of her 4 children. 

In nan past, Thomas said astir his family and nan ways successful which nan mates decided to raise their children pinch Esquire. 

He stated: 'Our life is thing but normal...my biggest point is uncovering nan ways I tin normalize their lives, truthful that location is ne'er immoderate consciousness of, "I merit X."'

The songwriter besides expressed that he and his woman took aft their ain parents successful position of really they raised their daughters.

'We had awesome parents that domiciled modeled what it looked for illustration to beryllium a bully mom and a bully dada — but not pushovers. It's easy to get rolled by your kid. Real easy,' he said.