Cody Johnson Announces Wife Brandi Is Pregnant with Their Third Baby — a Boy! (Exclusive)

Cody Johnson is going to beryllium a begetter again!

The state euphony superstar, 37, announced astatine nan 2025 Academy of Country Music Awards that his and woman Brandi's family is increasing by 1 arsenic nan brace are expecting their 3rd baby.

"We're having a small boy! We decided to make this our announcement to nan world and our gender uncover arsenic well," Johnson tells PEOPLE exclusively of nan happy reveal, though he did not specify erstwhile nan babe is due.

As for really he hopes his daughters, Clara Mae and Cori, respond to being older sisters, nan prima adds, "My girls .. you can't hit my girls, I emotion my 2 girls pinch each my heart. They're 10 and 8, Clara and Cori, and I deliberation I'm excited to watch them thief raise this small boy."

Ultimately, Johnson feels he's "a batch amended disconnected now arsenic acold arsenic profession and financially, than I was erstwhile we had [Clara and Cori] ... He's gonna get a equine a small quicker than my kids did. He's going to get to do immoderate things a small quicker than my daughters did."

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When asked if he ever hoped that he would go a boy dad, Johnson quickly responds, "Yes," done laughter, adding, "I didn't attraction if this 1 was a boy aliases a girl, but I was beautiful happy erstwhile I saw nan gender reveal."

The vocalist and his woman person been joined for complete a decade, having first met arsenic teenagers. The duo welcomed their first daughter, Clara, successful 2015, and went connected to further grow their family pinch nan commencement of their 2nd daughter, Cori, successful 2017.

The vocalist antecedently told PEOPLE Now that sloppy of whether his youngsters take to prosecute euphony for illustration their begetter successful nan future, he plans to “encourage my girls to do immoderate they want to do."

“I don’t want them to consciousness for illustration they person to spell into nan euphony business because I’ve been successful it," he added astatine nan time. "I want them to beryllium capable to pursuit their dreams pinch nan aforesaid magnitude of passion that I’ve chased mine. Whatever that whitethorn be. I’m gonna support them 100 percent."

Johnson, who is up for Entertainer of nan Year astatine nan show, besides tells PEOPLE astatine nan 2025 ACMs that winning nan grant would beryllium a "culmination of my full career's difficult work. And not conscionable mine, but each of nan group God has placed astir me. From my band, my crew, my management, label, producers, engineers, musicians ... each of em."

"I deliberation it's nan 1 I want nan most, selfishly. But here's nan thing, if I don't get it, I'll conscionable spell activity for nan adjacent one," he further quips.

The 60th Academy of Country Music Awards, hosted by Reba McEntire, are streaming unrecorded connected Prime Video from Ford Center astatine The Star successful Frisco, Texas.