She's having a girl! Lady Antebellum singer and mother-to-be Hillary Scott reveals the sex of her baby

PUBLISHED: 00:53 EST, 9 March 2013 | UPDATED: 00:53 EST, 9 March 2013

She was so overjoyed at becoming pregnant she announced the happy news herself.

But Lady Antebellum star Hillary Scott left it up to her publicist to reveal she is going to be having a girl on Friday.

The 26-year-old singer and her drummer husband Chris Tyrrell were no doubt overjoyed when the learned they are having a daughter.

Proud parents: Lady Antebellum singer Hillary Scott and drummer husband Chris Tyrrell have discovered they are having a girl

Her spokesperson confirmed the happy news to Us Weekly.

However the Need You Now favourite took matters into her own hands when she first announced her big news last December.

She tweeted: 'Chris and I are excited to announce that our Christmas gift has arrived a little early this year!

'We are having a baby! We feel so blessed!!!'

Curves: The blooming singer stole the show at the 2012 American Country Awards in Las Vegas in December

The Downtown star has been giving her supporters regular updates on her condition.

In January she wrote: 'Who has two thumbs and just asked her husband, and very nicely I might add, to run into the grocery store for pop tarts? ME! Pregnancy.'

And in February she said: 'I never dreamed weirder dreams than I have pregnant . . . if I could only recall all the details. It would make a killer.'

Becoming a mother is the latest in a long-line of happy events for the Nashville native.

She and Tyrrell, who is the band's touring drummer, married in January 2012 after getting engaged in July the previous year.

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she,s very pretty and a great singer doesn't matter about whether married or not i wish her and her family all the best xx

- TRU OPINIONS , rubery birmingham, United Kingdom, 10/3/2013 13:40

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26?!!

- Carrie87 , York, 09/3/2013 23:23

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Curvy girls are sexy!

- David Prentice , London, United Kingdom, 09/3/2013 19:58

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I admit i always red arrow comments that i think are to long. Sorry bout that folks, but i don't visit this site to read novels.

- Samantha , London, United Kingdom, 09/3/2013 19:22

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She has an amazing voice

- Knowledge Lover , London, 09/3/2013 16:41

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Does it matter if they're married or not? This is 2013 after all. Congrats to them.

- Amy , Guildford, 09/3/2013 16:39

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Who is she?

- Me here , just saying, 09/3/2013 15:54

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Hey a baby born in wedlock now that's a cause for celebration

- Gamu , London, United Kingdom, 09/3/2013 12:10

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You sound very defensive so perhaps not as happy with your lifestyle choice as you make out? My husband and I have been married for 14 years. We share a surname that our children share too. We took vows with one another and celebrated our love openly, with dignity and blessings. We are a complete unit and we believe our bond is strengthened by the fact that we're married. We also know our children are growing up happy and secure.- Say It How It Is , Here, where else would I be?, 09/3/2013 09:21 Let me know how that dignity works out for you in the divorse, ok? (50/50). I actually think she came off as romantic if anything. When she's 80 she can laugh "that's my boyfriend :)", it's sweet.

- Daniel35 , Milton Keynes, 09/3/2013 10:53

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You sound very defensive so perhaps not as happy with your lifestyle choice as you make out? My husband and I have been married for 14 years. We share a surname that our children share too. We took vows with one another and celebrated our love openly, with dignity and blessings. We are a complete unit and we believe our bond is strengthened by the fact that we're married. We also know our children are growing up happy and secure. - Say It How It Is , Here, where else would I be?--------------------------Exactly my point lol.....I never once said married couples aren't happy but the likes of some married couples such as yourself seem to find it hard to comprehend how a family like mine could possibly be happy or be a ''complete unit'' and could have secure children because we haven't put on a show for other people to prove our love for eachother...very very arrogant response to my comment. Judging a person doesn't define who they are , it defines who you are......

- Michael2013 , Liverpool, 09/3/2013 10:11

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