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Lady Antebellum singer Charles Kelly's wife Cassie McConnell defies the odds as she gets pregnant (after doctors told couple they only had a 1% chance of conceiving)

Published: 12:51 EST, 7 August 2015 | Updated: 13:43 EST, 7 August 2015

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Lady Antebellum guitarist Charles Kelly and his wife, Cassie McConnell, will soon turn their duet into a trio.

On Friday, Cassie, 32, announced on her Womanista blog that she was pregnant with the couple's first child.

Having dealt with fertility issues up to this point, Cassie and her 33-year-old husband were even more eager than usual to share the news.

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Baby makes three: Country musician Charles Kelly (left in April 2013) and wife Cassie McConnell (right) are expecting their first child in February, as announced by Kelly on her Womanista blog on Friday

'Charles and I are SO BEYOND EXCITED to share with y'all that we are expecting a baby!' Cassie wrote.

'He or she is due in February and we are so happy we can hardly stand it. Like, ecstatic and I'm crying even as I type those words!'

The couple has been together for ten years and married in June 2009, but they had previously been unable to conceive.

Claim to fame: Charles (left at the CMT Awards on June 10) has found success in recent years as the guitarist and one of the songwriters for Lady Antebellum

Long-time couple: Together for ten years and married since 2009, Charles and Cassie had been trying to have a baby for several years

Unlikely: As Cassie (right) explained in her blog, she and Charles were given only a one-percent chance of conceiving naturally

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'This journey to become a family of 3 has been a long, interesting, sometimes fun and sometimes heartbreaking road,' explained Cassie.

'I just assumed that when we wanted to start a family, it would happen just like that. Well, it didn't.'

Upon consulting with a fertility doctor in the couple's hometown of Nashville, Tennessee, Charles and Cassie learned that they had only a one-percent chance of conceiving naturally.

No hurrying: Despite an apparent need to investigate fertility treatments, the couple decided to wait until after the summer, thanks to Charles' (above in October 2014) touring schedule

'As far as percentages go, that's not awesome,' Cassie wrote.

They decided to wait until after the summer before exploring in-vitro fertilization or other options but instead got a surprise right at the beginning of the season.

'I woke up one morning in June and there it was, a positive pregnancy test,' Cassie wrote. 'I was in shock. Happy shock, but shock.'

Although she did not go into details, Cassie implied that this pregnancy was a natural one that simply defied the odds.

Surprise: The couple got a 'happy shock' in June when they realized they had gotten pregnant

She finished up the blog post with a word to others who were having trouble getting pregnant: 'My prayer is that if you are struggling with trying to conceive a child, you will remain hopeful.'

Charles is a six-time Grammy winner with Lady Antebellum, the country group he co-founded with Hillary Scott and Dave Haywood in 2006.

Their debut album in 2008 went platinum and was followed by a second album in 2010 that went to number one on the charts and earned multiple awards for the group.

Success: Since Charles, Hillary Scott, and Dave Haywood founded the band in 2006, Lady Antebellum has found commercial and critical success, winning six Grammy Awards

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