Lady A’s Charles Kelley and Wife Cassie Welcome Second Son
Baby Archer joins big brother Ward.
Charles Kelley and Wife, Cassie; Photo Courtesy Cassie Kelley, Instagram
Lady A’s Charles Kelley, 43, and his wife Cassie, 42, are on cloud nine after welcoming their second son.
The couple announced that baby Archer Lancaster Kelley was born on September 16, 2025, at 11:14 a.m., weighing 6 lbs., 11 oz., according to People.
“Our little miracle Archer Lancaster Kelley arrived at 11:14 am on Sept. 16 and we are absolutely in love,” Kelley told People in an exclusive statement. “We are so thankful to get to be his mom and dad, and to share the joy with his big brother, Ward, who is over the moon!”
In March, the couple shocked fans by announcing Cassie’s pregnancy, revealing that it was unexpected.
“Biggest surprise of our lives! Baby Kelley coming early fall 2025,” the caption read. “Big brother is the MOST excited.”
In a series of baby announcement photos captured by Mary Craven Photography, the happy couple was seen showing off Cassie’s growing baby bump alongside their 9-year-old son, Ward.
This marks the ninth child among the Lady A family. Hillary Scott, a mother of four girls after welcoming daughter Selah Jean in July, and Dave Haywood, a father of three, are celebrating alongside Charles Kelley and his wife Cassie, who just welcomed baby Archer. Scott says she couldn’t be more thrilled about the news.
“And then there were NINE Lady A kiddos! Thank you Lord for another healthy baby and mama,” she shared on Instagram. “So happy for Cassie Kelley and Charles Kelley and big brother Ward. Welcome to the fam, Archer! We love you!”
Charles Kelley and his wife Cassie met through Lady A’s Hillary Scott. They got engaged in December 2008 and wed on July 6, 2009.
In 2015, the couple shared that they were expecting their first child and opened up about struggling with fertility for two years.
“When you’re young and healthy and you’re ready to start a family you just don’t envision there will be any problems doing that,” Cassie told ABC News. She added that their doctor had given them just a one percent chance of conceiving naturally without IVF.
Against all odds, Cassie and Charles “never stopped hoping.” And just as they were about to begin the IVF process, they conceived naturally.
She gave birth to Ward Charles on February 11, 2016.
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