When Jake Owen was at Hobart Arena a few weeks ago with Florida Georgia Line and Love and Theft, as usual he was in high spirits! When I asked him how wife Lacey was doing, he grinned (who knew he had so many cute freckles?) and said she was doing fine, but he was the one "eating for two!" Nobody was really sure what the couple was going to name the little girl when she got here, so I asked him. He told me they decided on Olive Pearl Owen, for a very special person in Jake's life. Pearl was Jake's godmother’s middle name and her name is tattooed on the singer's left wrist. 

Pearl passed away in July, not long after Jake and Lacey knew there was a baby on the way. A few years ago, Jake shared a Pearl story with Entertainment Weekly' Popwatch about his beloved Godmother. "She cusses like a sailor, drinks like a fish, and smokes like a chimney. I’ll never forget when she took me to see Rocky.  Rocky was gettin’ his ass kicked, and then he comes back and starts beatin’ that guy, and Pearl stood up in the middle of the theater and goes, "Kick his f—in’ ass, Rocky!" As though it was happening right there right then. Here I was, like, eight-years-old, and I’m lookin’ up at her.  I’ll never forget that."   Read more here.  And Olive?  Both Lacey and Jake love the name, but when actress Drew Barrymore named her recent newborn, Olive, Jake said they didn't want to be "copycats" so decided call their youngun Pearl.   We can't wait to catch up with Jake at Country Concert 2013!