Thomas Rhett’s ‘Life Changes’ Wasn’t Supposed to Make the Album

Can you image Thomas Rhett’s Life Changes album without its title track?

The country megastar tells a group of reporters at a recent No. 1 party celebrating “Life Changes,” the song, that it wasn’t intended to be included on his latest project.

“We just started writing verses as a little storyline of college to getting married to now,” Thomas Rhett recalls about the 2017 session with co-writers Jesse Frasure, Ashley Gorley and dad Rhett Akins.

“When we wrote it, we were like, ‘This is never gonna make the album, ever. I’m just glad we got it out of our system.’” TR goes on to say the song that went on to become his 11th No. 1 single began as a “big vent session.” When he wrote it, he and wife Lauren Akins were pregnant with their second child, Ada James, while struggling to finalize the adoption of first child, Willa Gray, in Uganda. “It was just a chaotic time,” he adds. While the chaos has subsided a bit, Thomas Rhett is gearing up to re-enter the studio to begin work on his fourth studio album. Jesse, who is also the singer’s producer, notes one track the duo has already written—called “The Dream You Never Had”—as a sure standout for the new project.

Thomas Rhett has already recorded seven tracks for the as-of-yet untitled album, and he plans to record more in December. No official word on a release date for that just yet.

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