Sam Hunt Says He Had 'Growing Up' to Do Before Becoming a Dad: 'It Woke Me Up'

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Sam Hunt is in his fatherhood era. The «Outskirts» singer is opening up about a personal transformation he says he's experienced since welcoming daughter Lucy Louise last year in a new interview. «There were years there where, you know, maybe I didn't realize how much growing up I had needed to do,» Hunt, 38, tells ET Canada. «And having a child forces you to do that.

It shifts something in your nervous system. There's a skin that I needed to shed, and I did that when I had my child.» He adds, «It woke me up out of this, I wouldn't say I was sleepwalking, but I had definitely gotten into a routine after years of doing the same thing over and over.

I was just at a place in my life where I really needed that, and I'm grateful for it and I feel like I leveled up in a lot of ways.… I've got a long way to go in general now, but I feel up for the challenge.»Hunt shares Lucy with wife Hannah Lee Fowler, who is currently expecting the couple's second child.

The pair has been engaged in an on-again, off-again romance since at least 2008, tying the knot in April 2017. «We’re just walking on air right now because we’ve got another baby on the way, and, you know, the tour is going great,» Hunt gushes. «Just a lot of things in life are all lining up right now.»Amid his North American Outskirts Tour, Hunt has been joined on the road by his wife and daughter.