Lauren Akins

Akins worked with a non-profit advocacy organization, 147 Million Orphans.^[5] She donated over $250,000 at an event for the organization in October 2016.^[6]

On May 5, 2021, Akins released her book, Live in Love: Growing Together Through Life's Changes, a memoir which she wrote with Mark Dagostino.^[7] The book is a New York Times best seller.^[8]

In May 2021, Akins released an eight-episode podcast, Live in Love with Lauren Akins, which is co-hosted by Annie F. Downs.^[9] In October 2021, season two of the podcast premiered.^[10]

In 2023, Akins released his-and-hers perfumes with Ranger Station, a fragrance house in Nashville.^[11] Half of the proceeds went to Love One International, a nonprofit in Uganda.^[11]

Akins married country musician Thomas Rhett Akins on October 12, 2012.^[12] They met in first grade and became friends in middle school before later starting to date in high school.^{[12][13][14][15]} In 2017, they announced that they were adopting a baby girl from Uganda who was born November 1, 2015, and were also expecting.^[16][17] Their second daughter was born on August 12, 2017.^[18] On July 23, 2019, they announced that they were expecting their third daughter.^[14] Their third daughter was born on February 10, 2020.^[19] Their fourth daughter was born on November 15, 2021.^[20] On August 26, 2025, the couple announced that they were expecting their fifth child.^[21] On February 27, 2026, the couple announced the birth of their fifth child, a son.^[22] The family lives in Nashville.^[23]

Akins is a Christian.^[3]