Live in Love
Growing Together Through Life's Changes
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Narrated by:
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Lauren Akins
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Thomas Rhett
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Written by:
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Lauren Akins
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Mark Dagostino
About this listen
New York Times Best Seller
In this refreshing and inspiring memoir, Lauren Akins, the wife of country music star Thomas Rhett, shows what it's really like to be "the perfect couple" fans imagine, and reveals what it actually takes to live in love, stay in love, and grow together.
Named One of the Best Books of the Year by Parade
When country music star Thomas Rhett won the ACM Award for Single of the Year with "Die a Happy Man", his wife, Lauren Akins, was overjoyed. Her childhood best friend and now husband was being anointed the hottest new star in country music - for a song he had written about her. He was living his dream. Lauren was elated, but she was also wrestling with some big questions, not the least of which was, How can I live my own life of purpose?
Lauren Akins never wanted to be in the spotlight, but as Thomas Rhett made his relationship with Lauren the subject of many of his hit songs, she was tossed into the role of one of America's sweethearts. Revered by fans for her down-to-earth ease and charm, her commitment to humanitarian work, and the pure love she exudes for her family, Lauren has never shared her side of their story - full as it's been with deep love, painful loss, tremendous joy, and a struggle to stay grounded in faith along the way - until now.
In Live in Love, Lauren shares details about her childhood friendship with Thomas Rhett, explaining how they reconnected as young adults. She offers a rare behind-the-scenes look at the challenges of being married to her best friend, who just happens to be a music star, and the struggle to find her own footing in the frenzy of her husband's fame. And in heart-wrenching detail, she opens up about her life-changing experiences doing mission work in Haiti, and then in Uganda, where she met the precious baby who would become their first daughter. From sharing the romance of their handwritten wedding vows to the challenges they faced as they adjusted to the reality of becoming first-time parents, Live in Love takes an intimate look at one couple's life - and opens a window into all of our journeys on the path to self-discovery.
Live in Love is a deeply personal memoir that offers inspiring guidance for anyone looking to keep romance alive, balance children and marriage, express true faith, and live a life of purpose.
©2020 Lauren Akins and Mark Dagostino (P)2020 Random House AudioWhat the critics say
“Akins’ first book is an intimate glimpse into her relationship, her work in Uganda, and balancing motherhood and adoption.” (Parade)
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- Sabrina Irvine
- 2021-01-10
Such a refreshing read
I bought this book on a whim and before long I was totally invested in their story. I could not stop listening!! I finished this book in two days and enjoyed every minute. I laughed out loud,cried like a baby and even made my husband listen to sections. Lauren is so raw and real with her journey and I felt connected to their story through her words. LOVE LOVE LOVE.
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- Kindle Customer
- 2020-10-31
Wow! God is so good
I listened to this book within about 3 days between work and classes.
I loved Lauren's messages about love, marriage, being true to yourself and raising a family. The Akins seem to be doing such a great job at balancing everything life throws at them.
God is doing incredible things through this family.
I will definitely return to this book as the season's of life shift.
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- Maggie Kinney
- 2021-03-13
Love live
This book was amazing! Got me hooked and addicted! Would want a sequel so I can stop rereading the same book!
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- Carls
- 2023-02-21
So beautiful and touching
Such a lovely, honest and raw story about what it’s like behind the scenes, having fame isn’t always glamorous and comes with struggles too.
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- Rachel Gibbs
- 2020-08-29
Living In Love
Wow...what an incredible story. Refreshing, honest and humanizing. I always knew she was an incredible human but I have even more of a deeper respect for you Lauren. After a tough 2020 myself filled with a new medical diagnosis and a postponed wedding due to COVID, reading about some of the trials you’ve faced really helped me to give myself permission to feel my feelings. Thank you for sharing your story xo
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- Dawn Dancey
- 2020-08-20
Loved it
Thank you Lauren your story was very inspirational and found many parallels in your spiritual journey reflecting in mine 🙏😊😊😊❤️❤️❤️
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- Carlie Loughran
- 2020-10-07
I LOVED your story thanks for sharing!!
Your book was much more then I expected, it made me do some very much thinking into my own relationship with my husband and my nonexistent relationship with my my faith. This book made me laugh and cry. I appreciate how honest you both were and I thank you for that.
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- Tina
- 2021-11-02
𝑇ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑏𝑜𝑜𝑘 𝑖𝑠 𝑎 𝑀𝑈𝑆𝑇 𝑅𝐸𝐴𝐷 ♥️
𝕃𝕚𝕧𝕖 𝑖𝑛 𝕃𝕠𝕧𝕖 ♥️
𝐴𝑢𝑡𝑜𝑏𝑖𝑜𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑝ℎ𝑦 𝐵𝑦: 𝕃𝕒𝕦𝕣𝕖𝕟 𝔸𝕜𝕚𝕟𝕤
𝐴𝑢𝑑𝑖𝑜𝑏𝑜𝑜𝑘 𝑅𝑒𝑎𝑑 𝐵𝑦: @laur_akins + @thomasrhettakins
꧁ 𝑅𝑒𝑣𝑖𝑒𝑤 ꧂
♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️ / 𝟝 ⭐️
𝑇ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑏𝑜𝑜𝑘 𝑖𝑠 𝑎 𝑀𝑈𝑆𝑇 𝑅𝐸𝐴𝐷
𝐼 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑑 𝐻𝐴𝑅𝐷 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑏𝑜𝑜𝑘 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝐿𝑎𝑢𝑟𝑒𝑛 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑛 𝑇ℎ𝑜𝑚𝑎𝑠 𝑅ℎ𝑒𝑡𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑔𝑖𝑟𝑙𝑠.
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𝑇ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑘 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝐿𝑎𝑢𝑟𝑒𝑛 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑜𝑝𝑒𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑡, 𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑒, 𝑓𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑦 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ℎ𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑒𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 ℎ𝑎𝑠 𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑛 𝑡𝑜 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑑 𝑜𝑟 𝑙𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑛 𝑡𝑜 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑏𝑜𝑜𝑘. 𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝑑𝑖𝑑𝑛’𝑡 ℎ𝑜𝑙𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑦𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑏𝑎𝑐𝑘 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑎𝑤 𝑒𝑚𝑜𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑖𝑛 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑑𝑠 + 𝑣𝑜𝑖𝑐𝑒 𝑐𝑙𝑢𝑡𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑑 𝑚𝑦 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑡 𝑖𝑛 𝑠𝑜 𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝑤𝑎𝑦𝑠.
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𝐼 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑛𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑠 𝑎𝑛 𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑙𝑦 𝑠𝑝𝑖𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑢𝑎𝑙 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑟 𝑓𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑦, ℎ𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑏𝑜𝑜𝑘 𝐿𝑎𝑢𝑟𝑒𝑛, 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑓𝑎𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑖𝑛 𝐽𝑒𝑠𝑢𝑠 ℎ𝑎𝑠 𝑏𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑚𝑒 𝑏𝑎𝑐𝑘 𝑡𝑜 𝑚𝑦 𝑜𝑤𝑛 𝑤𝑎𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑓𝑎𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑟𝑜𝑜𝑡𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑙𝑦 𝑡𝑟𝑦𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 “𝐿𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝐿𝑜𝑣𝑒“ 𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ 𝑑𝑎𝑦, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑜𝑝𝑒𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑚𝑦 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑝𝑟𝑎𝑦𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑡𝑦. 𝐼 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑘 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑚𝑦 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑡 + 𝑠𝑜𝑢𝑙 🙏🏼♥️
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𝑇𝑜 𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑜𝑤𝑛 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑖𝑡 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑜𝑛𝑒’𝑠 𝑓𝑎𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑖𝑠 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝐼 𝑎𝑙𝑤𝑎𝑦𝑠 𝑠𝑎𝑦, ℎ𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑏𝑜𝑜𝑘 𝑡𝑜𝑢𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑑 𝑚𝑦 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑡 𝑓𝑒𝑙𝑡 𝑠𝑜 𝑔𝑜𝑜𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑜𝑝𝑒𝑛 𝑖𝑡 𝑢𝑝 𝑡𝑜 𝐿𝑎𝑢𝑟𝑒𝑛’𝑠 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑑𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑚𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑎𝑔𝑒.
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𝐼𝑡’𝑠 ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑝𝑢𝑡 𝑎𝑛 𝑎𝑢𝑡𝑜𝑏𝑖𝑜𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑝ℎ𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙 𝑟𝑒𝑣𝑖𝑒𝑤 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑜 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑑𝑠 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝐼 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑠𝑎𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 : 𝐼 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝐿𝑎𝑢𝑟𝑒𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑏𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑡𝑜 𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑒 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑣𝑢𝑙𝑛𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑏𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑡𝑜 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑛𝑒𝑐𝑡 𝑖𝑛 𝑤𝑎𝑦𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒ℎ𝑜𝑤 𝑡𝑜𝑢𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑛𝑒’𝑠 𝑠𝑜𝑢𝑙. 𝐼𝑡 𝑚𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝑑𝑒𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑒𝑙𝑦 𝑡𝑜𝑢𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑑 𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐼 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑛 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒 𝑔𝑖𝑓𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑏𝑜𝑜𝑘 𝑡𝑜 𝑎 𝑓𝑒𝑤 𝑝𝑒𝑜𝑝𝑙𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑢𝑝𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑔 ℎ𝑜𝑙𝑖𝑑𝑎𝑦.
𝐶ℎ𝑒𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑦𝑎’𝑙𝑙
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- Tara
- 2020-08-25
Such a fantastic read!
As a fan of Thomas Rhett and Lauren I was SO excited for this book. I could not wait to know exactly what Lauren would write about! I was NOT disappointed. Also SO MANY TEARS my heart was so full reading this. Not only is this book incredibly sweet, funny and interesting it was also EXTREMELY insightful. Knowing the story of their story from Lauren’s words and point of view was the best gift she could have ever given a fan. I have a whole new respect for them both, especially Lauren ! I think it’s so amazing that she was so raw, open and truthful. I really related to her and I learned so many things I plan to apply to my own life. Thank you for telling your story Lauren and Thomas Rhett. Honestly I thought you were perfect and I loved you and now that I know you are not perfect I love you even more !
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- ashley
- 2020-08-21
AMAZING!!!
This book was INCREDIBLE!
It was inspiring, and raw.
So well written, I hope she writes a follow up to this.
Lauren is a beautiful and strong woman and I will never listen to her husbands songs the same way again.
Love them both.
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