Thomas Rhett and wife Lauren dropped a double-baby bombshell on February 15 when they announced on social media that Lauren was pregnant . . . and they are in the process of adopting a baby from Africa. Soon after, the couple revealed that their birth child is a baby girl.

Yesterday (March 1) during Thomas Rhett’s double-No. 1 party to celebrate “T-shirt” and “Star of the Show,” TR was asked if his friends—and proud papas—Dierks Bentley and Luke Bryan had given him any advice on parenthood.

“Dierks said, ‘Don’t be afraid if you drink four Red Bulls a day,’ and I’ve watched Dierks drink a lot of Red Bulls,” said Thomas Rhett. “They say it just takes a lot of getting used to, when you live this lifestyle for—this is going on five years now, it’s just been my wife and I and our two dogs, and so when you have two more people, humans, that you are responsible for . . . they just say that your life just changes. Like, there’s nothing that you can do to get ready for it. Like, you can read books and talk to me as much as you want, but you’re going to be a different parent than I am, and just like I’m going to be a different parent than you are. So, I think the best advice is just kinda take it as it comes and just realize you’re going to be exhausted.”

While TR couldn’t reveal too many details about the ongoing adoption process, he did say that the child is 16 months old.

“I can’t yet [reveal the baby’s gender] and just strictly for the child’s privacy and safety, you know just ’cause so many things can happen,” says TR. “Well, we were [in Africa] for a month and a half, but my wife and I were there a total of combined seven times last year. [The child is] 16 months [old].”

Sounds like Thomas Rhett is going to need a lot of Red Bull in the near future.