Jake Owen and wife welcome baby girl

Jake Owen and Lacey Buchanan pose backstage at the 47th Annual Academy Of Country Music Awards on April 1, 2012, in Las Vegas. / Getty

Jake Owen is a dad.

The country singer and his wife, Lacey Buchanan Owen, welcomed a baby girl on Thursday in Nashville, Tenn.

He shared the news on Twitter:

Today is the greatest day of my life. Welcome Olive Pearl Owen. 6lbs 3 ozTurkey Baby!!! Happy Thanksgiving twitter.com/jakeowen/statu...

— Jake Owen (@jakeowen) November 23, 2012

Owen also released the following statement to People: "Lacey and I are so excited to start our own family. We are looking forward to teaching Pearl everything we learned from our parents and also learning from her."

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Owen, 31, and Lacey, 22, got engaged onstage in April and exchanged vows in May. They announced they were expecting in July.

Owen is scheduled to play two shows at Chicago's House of Blues on Nov. 29 and 30.