Cody Johnson Shares Clever Way Wife Brandi Told Him She Was Pregnant With Their Son

Cody Johnson claims that if all goes as planned, he and his wife Brandi are just about three months away from welcoming their third child and first baby boy into their family. The couple announced the big news back in May when they stepped onto the red carpet for the 60^th Academy of Country Music Awards. While posing for photos, it was evident that Brandi had a baby bump showing through her silky gown.

According to Johnson, this surprise red carpet announcement was all his idea.

“Jessie, my publicist, best publicist in the world. She’s like, ‘We need to figure out a way to release this.’ And I was like, ‘I think when she shows up at the ACMs and she looks like she’s smuggling a volleyball in her dress, it’s gonna be pretty obvious’… what better way to do it,” the Texas native told host Cody Alan on  SiriusXM’s The Highway. 

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That same night, he also dropped the news that they are expecting a son. The couple are already parents to two daughters – Clara Mae, born in 2015, and Cori, who arrived in 2017, meaning this will be the first little boy to join their family.

Inside The Big Night

Cody Johnson appeared to be overjoyed to learn the gender, but he was more excited about the fact that their little one got to be a part of that memorable night. Johnson went into the 2025 ACM Awards the most nominated Texas artist with seven nods, which marks the most ACM nominations he’s received in one single year. He was also tied with Morgan Wallen for the most nominations of any male artist this year. In the end, he took home the win for Song of the Year for his song “Dirt Cheap.”

“He’ll grow up and be like, “Oh, I was there.” I’m like, “Yeah, you were there when I won Song of the Year,” Johnson said of his baby boy. “But we’re extremely happy. October 25th is kind of our projected, but we’ll see. This, you know, it never really goes as planned.”

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The Moment Johnson Learned Of The Pregnancy

Before the world knew about their big secret, Brandi had to come up with a way to tell her other half. Johnson explained that the clever way she went about it was simple yet effective and allowed them to celebrate as a family.

“So Brandi did this weird thing where she was like, she texted me, she ran to town and she’s like, ‘Hey, can you come out to the barn and help me unload my truck?’ And I was like, ‘Okay.’ Like, you know, I go out there and it’s this like little bitty box and I’m like, ‘You 100% could have done this yourself.’ And so I unload the box and she’s like, ‘Oh, and I do have one more thing in there if you can get that.’ And I’m like, ‘Okay.’ It’s this little bitty box,” Johnson recalled. “I unload it and I’m trying to figure out what’s going on. And she’s like, ‘Oh, by the way, here you can have this too.’ And it was a pregnancy test.”

Telling Their Girls

After the initial shock settled in, Cody Johnson says his first thought was when they were going to let their girls in on the exciting news. It turned out that he wasn’t the only one who was beyond excited about their upcoming arrival.

“I’m like, ‘Are we gonna tell the girls? Like, when do we tell them? Are we waiting?’ You know. And Clara, my oldest, we call her the cry police because if you ever like tear up over a movie or something, she’ll look you up and down. She’s like, ‘Are you crying?’…yeah, I was crying…And she burst into tears, happy though, ‘Oh my God, I’m gonna be a big sister.’ And then Cori does it too, so that’s awesome.”

He continued, “They’re all, they keep calling it our baby. ‘Well when our baby gets here, when our baby we are.’ And I’m like, ‘This is not a we, y’all are still kids.’ But then it hit me. I’ve built in babysitters. Clara’s 10, Cori’s eight. So like, this boy is screwed.”

Daydreaming About Life With A Little Boy

The “I’m Gonna Love You” singer is already daydreaming about all the stuff he’s gonna get to do with their little boy. Growing up, he says he didn’t have the chance to live the cowboy life right away, so now that the baby’s being born into right onto a ranch, he’s pumped to get to share that way of life with his son.

“I didn’t get to live the cowboy life for a long time. I had to kind of earn my way to the point where I could afford to say, ‘We’re gonna go buy a ranch and we’re doing this,’” Johnson explained. “So the fact that he’s gonna be born on, you know, into a cattle ranch, that’s gonna be cool, man. He’s gonna be the little, I promise you, the little buckaroo riding around with six shooters on.”

Cody Johnson and his wife’s love story began back when they were teenagers. She actually spotted him first, back when he was still riding bulls, and it took a few years before he noticed her and they finally met. Once they did, things moved fast. They moved in together just a month after their first date and got engaged a year later. They’ve been married since 2008.

The country superstar is currently on the road, with a slew of dates in the fall, two of which fall on the weekend of their baby’s due date. However following an October 31 show in Gonzales, LA, Johnson only has two more dates on the books for 2025, leaving him plenty of time to spend at home as they adjust to becoming a family of five.