Jordan Davis Admits Going From Three to Four Kids Is ‘Hands Down’ the Hardest Jump Yet

Jordan Davis recently welcomed his fourth child, Sadie, with wife Kristen and while they may be seasoned parents at this point, the country star admits that nothing quite prepared them for the chaos of adding one more to the mix.

“Everybody always asks, ‘what was the toughest jump? Was it one to two? Was it two to three?’ The toughest jump is three to four hands down, and before that it was two to three. I think anytime you add another one to it, it gets wild,” Davis told Country Now and other outlets.

The couple got their first taste of life as parents of four as soon as they brought their newborn home from the hospital. Davis shared he expected the homecoming to be a picture-perfect moment; however, he revealed that the introduction to their three other kids was anything but that.

Davis’ Kids React To Their New Sibling

As they walked through the door, they called over their 5-year-old daughter, Eloise Larkin, 3-year-old son, Locklan Joseph, and their youngest, Elijah Patrick, who was born in June 2023. It turns out their excitement over having a new sibling was short-lived and it didn’t take long before they were ready to jump right back into their usual routine with their parents finally home.

“We get home, it’s like five o’clock, which is getting close to dinnertime, and we bring ’em home. We’re like, ‘Hey, here’s baby Sadie. Y’all come meet your new sister.’ We put her down and expect them to just be all like, ‘oh my gosh, look at our new sister. This is awesome.’ And I mean, within five minutes, it’s like one of them is back upstairs playing with trucks. My daughter’s in the backyard messing with chickens, and they’re like, ‘Hey, what are we having for dinner tonight?’ It’s just like that fast,” Davis explained honestly. “So I wish it was more of like a movie scene coming home, but it was 100% real life.”

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His oldest has taken the most interest in having a baby sister around the house while the boys tend to keep themselves occupied, according to Davis. He’s even said that Eloise has started to act as a “second mom” to Sadie.

“She won’t let her out of her sight,” Davis shared. “It’s been cool to see her become a big sister to her little sister and it’s been cool to see the boys get a little closer too. I mean, yeah, most of the time it’s them fighting over a truck or whatever, but it’s at least a good dynamic to where mama’s getting some rest. I can kind of handle some stuff and it’s not just complete chaos.”

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Feeling The Strain Of Being Away From Home

Now that his kids are starting to get older, the Louisiana native has discovered how much harder it’s been having to be away on the road for work. Just as he sings about in his forthcoming album, Davis has had to “Learn The Hard Way” that life isn’t all about his career at the end of the day.

“It used to be easy to leave and go do stuff and work when nobody really knew what was going on. But now my older two are getting to where it used to just have one kid sad whenever I leave now I got two and I soon to have three…As much as I love music sometimes I’ve got to tone that back and be at the house.”

Finding Support In A Country Music Dad Group

Luckily, Jordan Davis isn’t alone in this struggle. He’s got several fellow country acts, like Russell Dickerson, Tyler Hubbard and Thomas Rhett, who have formed their own version of a dad support group. Davis shared that Rhett has become an especially important figure in his life as both of their families grown.

“Thomas is kind of my therapist. I talk to Thomas a pretty good bit, and it’s never about music… T-Hub, Russell, it’s a cool little group that we’ve all been able to come together on and become closer friends through that,” he explained. “And I’m actually so blessed to have those guys to be able to just stop the music thing for a minute and be like, ‘Hey, man, how’s your family?’ And that’s a super important thing, not just for obviously being a better dad and husband, but also for the music side of it. I think you got to have somebody that can always keep you in check and call and check in on like, ‘Hey, man, I saw you.’”

He went on to note that Rhett has always been more focused on their friendship than keeping tabs on each other’s careers and that’s exactly what he admires most about his “Ain’t a Bad Life” duet partner.

 “It’s like, ‘Hey, man, I saw you have a song in the top 10. That’s awesome, dude. But I could care less about that. How’s your wife doing? How’s the kiddos? How are you doing?’ And I love TR for that. And he probably gets tired of seeing me call him or asking him to go to breakfast, but he always picks up. So I’m grateful that I’ve got that little group.”