A Kid For Charles Kelley After Fertility Battle

The Need You Now hitmaker's wife, Cassie MCConnell Kelley, will welcome their first child in February after years of struggling with fertility issues.

In a message on her lifestyle blog, MCConnell Kelley writes, "Charles and I are SO BEYOND EXCITED to share with y'all that we are expecting a baby...! Like, ecstatic and I'm crying even as I type those words!"

The couple was told by doctors there was only a one per cent chance of her becoming pregnant naturally.

She continues, "This journey to become a family of 3 has been a long, interesting, sometimes fun and sometimes heartbreaking road - a journey that I want to share... because I know there are a lot of women out there who have walked the road of a fertility struggle and we can all grow, heal, and understand each other better through our shared experience.

"We started trying to conceive our child a few years ago without any luck - many months went by with negative pregnancy tests and a lot of shared frustration... We went through several years of trying before finally seeing our fertility doctor in Nashville this past November. When all was said & done our doctor... informed us that we had about a 1% chance of conceiving a child naturally. Yeah. 1%..."

After receiving the difficult news, the Kelleys decided to take time to regroup and focus on their marriage, but were "shocked" when they learned a baby was on its way.

She adds, "We decided to hang out this summer, relax, enjoy and live our lives fully & happily... We had a lot to be thankful for and we wanted to carry that joy & thankfulness with us, not the weight of trying to become parents. We made a plan to regroup this fall and explore other options to expand our family. Then it happened.

"I woke up one morning in June and there it was, a positive pregnancy test. I was in shock. Happy shock, but shock. Our baby decided to join our family in God's time, which is always right..."

The couple wed in 2009.