Alan Jackson's Daughter Mattie Is Pregnant, Expecting First Baby with Husband Connor: 'Absolutely Thrilled'

Mar. 15, 2025

Connor Smith and Mattie Jackson share pregnancy news.Photo:Mattie Jackson Smith/Instagram

Mattie Jackson Smith/Instagram

Mattie Jackson, the daughter of country starAlan Jackson, is going to be a mom!

“I feel like I said so many times last year that 2023 topped the charts with more joy and celebration and redemption than any yet. Well, I have a feeling 2024 may give it a run for it’s money… 🙏🏻🥳🙌🏻,” she wrote in the caption.“We are absolutely thrilled to share BABY BOY SMITH coming this June!!! 💙 🥹 👶🏻 🤰🏻 💙.”

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Mattie Jackson and Connor Smith on their wedding day.mattie jackson/instagram

mattie jackson/instagram

The couple tied the knot in June at The Breakers Palm Beach in Florida, eight months afterannouncing their engagement.

“Wooooo we did it!! Grateful is a gigantic understatement. More pretty pics to come later - off to the islands with my HUSBAND! 💕 🥳 🏝️ 🥂 🙌🏻” shecaptioned an Instagram postthat featured a carousel of photos from the big day.

Dad Alan, 65, also shared a photo from the wedding, writing on Instagram at the time that he and wife Denise were thrilled to welcome a new son-in-law into the fold.

“Denise and I are so happy to officially welcome Connor into our family! Wishing@MattieJackson& Connor Smith a lifetime of happiness… Livin’ on Love!” hecaptioned the post, referencing to his 1994 chart-topper “Livin' on Love.”

The nuptials came more than four years after Mattie’sfirst husband, Ben Selecman, died after sustaining traumatic brain injuries in a September 2018 accident where he slipped on a boat dock and hit his head.

Mattie, who hosts the podcastIn Joy Life, shared in April 2022 thatshe and Connor were datingafter meeting through a mutual friend six months earlier at a happy hour.

“I have believed, prayed and claimed for 3 and a half years now that God would give me the chance to love someone with my whole heart again,” she wrote on Instagram at the time. “Other dear widow friends assured me that my heart could heal and expand to love two people equally, though differently. And I hoped so desperately that would really be true.”

She continued,writing that Smithwas “more of an answer to prayer (mine and countless others!) than I sometimes think he even realizes,” and that she “can’t wait to see what this new chapter holds.”

source: people.com