Jake Owen waits for his first child with his girlfriend Erica Hartlein

Jake Owen's family is expanding a bit.

Country star and girlfriend Erica Hartlein wait for their first child together, they revealed on ABC I'm going home Thursday night special.

"This will make you angry," said the singer "What we did not have" to his family during the special, which saw his return to his hometown of Vero Beach, Fla. . "[We] I did not tell anyone, but Erica and I will have a little extra for our Owen family. "

Owen is already the father of a 6-year-old daughter, Olive Pearl, whom he shares with his ex-wife Lacey Buchanan. The singer often publishes adorable photos and videos of his little girl on Instagram.

Owen spoke about fatherhood during an interview with ET in 2015.

"Having a child now, there are times when I look at her and sometimes like taking her fish or taking her on the boat – when she'll be tall, that's what's going to be true for her" , did he declare. "She'll talk about when she learned to fish with dad or went out on the boat and learned to surf, it will be her real things."

"Just the daddy-girl meeting we have together, it's a big problem not only for her, I'm sure of that, but it's a big problem for me right now" Owen added.

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