The ACM Awards is a night out for Parker McCollum and Hallie Ray Light!
The country singer, 31, and his pregnant wife, 27, walked the red carpet together in Dallas on Thursday (May 16) ahead of the annual country music awards.
Hallie wore her hair up, which she paired with a pale pink shimmery long-sleeved dress that showed off her growing baby bump. McCollum, on the other hand, wore jeans, black cowboy hair and a navy blue buckle with a gray jacket.
The “Handle on You” singer and Hallie announced in February that they were expecting their first child, a boy, in August.
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Luke Combs, Megan Moroney and Morgan Wallen lead the nominations for the 2024 ACM Awards.
At the 2024 CMT Awards in April, Hallie debuted her baby bump on the red carpet.
“I’m very excited. We’re fine. Mom’s fine — she’s got a little bump in the dress tonight, she looks really cute,” McCollum told CMT on the carpet. “God has been good to us; very blessed. I’m a truck driver so it’s going to take some time to get used to putting a car seat in my truck.”
When PEOPLE asked for a hint on the baby’s name, McCollum didn’t budge. “We have a couple we like… We don’t want any outside influence,” he explained. “We don’t want anyone to influence our mind.”
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McCollum entered the ACMs with two nominations and secured a win for visual media the year before the show began. His song “Burn It Down” is also up for single of the year, and McCollum is set to perform.
He and Hallie married in Tomball, Texas in March 2022 after getting engaged in 2021.
“I couldn’t wait to ask her to marry me,” McCollum told PEOPLE of the proposal. “There was no backup plan and no hesitation. I didn’t overthink any one thing. I thought, ‘It can’t get any better than her.’ There was no doubt that I made the right decision, in a way I don’t think I was on the right path.
The 2024 Academy of Country Music Awards are broadcast live on Prime Video from the Ford Center at The Star in Texas.
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