Who Are Walker Hayes' Children?
Country music star Walker Hayes blew up on the charts in 2017 with his track “You Broke Up With Me” from his certified-gold album Boom. Since his success, the singer-songwriter and his family have enjoyed a $16 million net worth, but they have also endured heartbreak. In 2018, Hayes and his wife, Laney Beville Hayes, lost their newborn child Oakleigh Klover Hayes when Laney suffered a ruptured uterus during childbirth. This is a very rare occurrence during childbirth, but it is a highly deadly one, and it not only killed Oakleigh Hayes, but it also put the life of Laney at risk as well. Hayes’s wife has since made a full physical recovery, but not an emotional one.Hayes has spoken and sang about the tragedy openly, and has since fallen back on the support of his already large family. Hayes currently has six surviving children, but the loss of Oakleigh hit them all very hard. These are the surviving Hayes children, three boys and three girls: Lela, Chapel, Baylor, Beckett, Loxley, and Everly. Although she died in childbirth, Hayes and his wife make a point to honor the memory of their late child and keep their surviving children as close as possible. Hayes has written several songs paying loving tributes to his children. Hayes, never wanting to forget Oakleigh, got a tattoo of her footprint and her name.Updated on November 30, 2022: This year, Walker Hayes released a new album entitled Country Stuff the Album. To celebrate, he booked a cross-country tour and, for the first time, brought the entirety of his family... including their two dogs! He and Lela made the decision to pack up their stuff (temporarily) and bring the kids and pets with them while Walker toured America. This way, the family could spend more time together and make memories in several states.
7 Lela Hayes Is Their Oldest Child And First Daughter
Lela Hayes is the oldest of Walker and Laney’s six children. She was born in December 2006. While she (understandably) does not have a public social media of her own, she does make frequent appearances on her father’s TikTok with songs “Fancy Like.” She even occasionally takes over posting duties. In a way, Hayes’ eldest is his social media manager. The internet had some words for the Hayes family in 2020 when they threw a “period party” for their daughter to honor her crossing the threshold into womanhood. They also served a red velvet cake on the occasion. Yes, really.
6 Chapel Hayes Is Their First Born Son
Chapel Hayes, their firstborn son, came into their lives in 2008. Little is known about the child since the Hayes family does a good job keeping their children out of the public eye (save for Lela’s control over her dad's TikTok), but Walker Hayes does have a 2019 song titled “Chapel,” telling the story of his son's birth. The song came a year after the loss of baby Oakleigh and is featured on his 2017 album 8Track.
5 Baylor Hayes Is The Singer Of The Family
Two years after Chapel Hayes came his first brother, Baylor Hayes. Baylor Hayes might be the one to end up following in his father’s footsteps because in 2017 Walker Hayes posted a video on his Facebook account featuring his son, then around 6 or 7 years old, singing classic Don Williams songs. The comments on the video complimented the boy's singing voice and with his father’s connections, he may have a future in the country music industry.
4 Beckett Hayes Is The One With A Hit Song Named After Him
Walker Hayes clearly loves his children to no end, as he frequently writes songs named after them. In his hit “Beckett,” which also came out in 2017, Walker Hayes tells the story of his boy, then four years old, and about his love of breakfast cereal, sports, and how he admires his son for being unbothered by people who are different from himself. Some lyrics from the track include; “Don't know if he's rich or poor, Says it's cool that the girl next door, has skin like chocolate. When I grow up, when I grow up, I wanna be like Beckett.”
3 Loxley Hayes Is The Second Daughter
The fifth of their six surviving children, Loxely Hayes was born in 2014. Considering she isn't even in the double digits yet, little can be said about her life or personality. However, like Lela, she does make the occasional appearance on Walker Hayes’ TikTok along with her other siblings. It will be interesting to see what the future holds for the second-youngest Hayes child.
2 Everly Hayes Is The Baby Of The Family
The sixth and youngest of the Hayes children has only recently started school and as such a young child, she is rarely seen outside the company of her mother, as is normal for a child as little as she. Everly has been spotted in the occasional TikTok, thanks to Lela.
1 Oakleigh Hayes, May She Rest In Peace
Oakleigh would have been a toddler now, had she survived. While she is no longer with us and her death was an inconsolable tragedy for the Hayes family, Walker and his wife make a point of honoring her with a tattoo on his arm and somber remembrances of their lost seventh child on her birthday. After a few months of mourning, Hayes eventually opened up public ally about the loss and how it affected him and his wife. Doctors did attempt to save the child by giving her mother a cesarean section, but unfortunately, it was to no avail.
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