Elle King, Pregnant with Second Baby, Hopes for a 'Big Family': 'I Want So Many Kids' (Exclusive)

Mar. 15, 2025

Elle King and son Lucky in a Sept. 23, 2024 Instagram post.Photo:Elle King/Instagram

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The country singer, 35, announced on Monday, Sept. 23, that she and her partnerDaniel Tooker, 34, areexpecting their second sontogether.

“I want so many kids,” King, who shares3-year-old son Luckywith Tooker, told PEOPLE exclusively in a recent interview. “I just want a big family.”

King, who just released her latest single,“High Road,“recently confirmed to PEOPLE that after separating last year,she and Tooker had reconciled for Lucky.

“We’re back together,” she previously told PEOPLE. “We had to grow. I don’t know. I’ll try anything twice.”

King added of Lucky: “He’s definitely brought me and his dad back together just because, what are we doing? We have everything that both of us have ever wanted right here. Let’s put our weapons down. Come on. This is it. This is life. It doesn’t get better than this. This is worth trying. This is worth wiping a slate clean. This is worth all the effort in the world. My family, this is what deserves all the energy and effort.”

The family is based and Tennessee and recently relocated — and now have more room for their new addition.

“We’re starting fresh. We just bought a really gorgeous new house in the mountains of Nashville,” she said. “It’s happy, it’s beautiful. I’m very happy, I’m very content, which is nice, and I don’t know if I’ve ever really felt that, so it’s a blessing.”

And King also recently told PEOPLE that her son, whom she welcomed after suffering two previouspregnancy losses, got her througha difficult timeearlier this year.

Elle King with Daniel Tooker and their son Lucky on Instagram.Elle King/Instagram

“He’s so sweet. He’s my best friend. I love him to death, and I just want want to give him the world. He makes me laugh, and he’s just so curious and confident and smart. He loves Hot Wheels and cars just like Mommy, and he loves dinosaurs and wants to learn everything and loves playing music. He’s the sweetest, best little boy. Such a blessing to me — and he’s just my biggest driving force.”

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source: people.com