Jon and Summer Pardi.Photo: Laura Moll Photography

Jon and Summer Pardi Where was the image taken - their home in Tennessee When was the image taken - 09/22 Who took the photograph - Laura Moll Full credit line – Laura Moll Photography Source contact information: Name: Jennifer Vessio Phone: E-mail: jennifer.g.vessio@gmail.com

The couple will welcome their first child in early 2023, they tell PEOPLE exclusively.

Jon and Summer Pardi.Laura Moll Photography

Jon and Summer Pardi Where was the image taken - their home in Tennessee When was the image taken - 09/22 Who took the photograph - Laura Moll Full credit line – Laura Moll Photography Source contact information: Name: Jennifer Vessio Phone: E-mail: jennifer.g.vessio@gmail.com

Summer, 32, tells PEOPLE she’s “felt great — a little bit tired, but overall really good” and that she feels “very lucky for that.” The hairstylist says she’s “equally excited and nervous” about becoming a mother and can’t wait to see Jon as a dad.

“He’s such a big kid at heart, always the life of the party and has such positive energy so I can only imagine how much fun this little Pardi addition will be for him and our family,” she says. “I know [being parents] is going to be the greatest gift in the world.”

Jon and Summer Pardi Where was the image taken - their home in Tennessee When was the image taken - 09/22 Who took the photograph - Laura Moll Full credit line – Laura Moll Photography Source contact information: Name: Jennifer Vessio Phone: E-mail: jennifer.g.vessio@gmail.com

Jon and Summer Pardi Where was the image taken - their home in Tennessee When was the image taken - 09/22 Who took the photograph - Laura Moll Full credit line – Laura Moll Photography Source contact information: Name: Jennifer Vessio Phone: E-mail: jennifer.g.vessio@gmail.com

Jon — who released his latest album,Mr. Saturday Night, earlier this month — and Summerwed in November 2020after getting together in 2016. The pair have been open about wanting kids, and have been trying to expand their family since they married.

“It was definitely an interesting two years of ups and downs — the constant letdown month after month can really be hard on a couple,” she tells PEOPLE. “After years of no luck and meeting with doctors who just didn’t feel like the right fit, we decided to take a break, leave it in God’s hands and just enjoy each other and this crazy, fun life we live together … and then surprise, we’re pregnant!”

Summer continues, “I think stress has a huge part in it. You hear so many stories like ours of ‘the moment you stop trying it’ll happen,’ but when you’re in that situation it’s really,reallyhard to not try or not think about it. It’s just one of those crazy things in life that doesn’t make sense and there’s no right or wrong answer. I feel for all of the couples out there who have been through this and especially those who are still in the thick of it.”

Jon and Summer Pardi Where was the image taken - their home in Tennessee When was the image taken - 09/22 Who took the photograph - Laura Moll Full credit line – Laura Moll Photography Source contact information: Name: Jennifer Vessio Phone: E-mail: jennifer.g.vessio@gmail.com

After “100 of these tests with pink lines,” she and the “Last Night Lonely” singer are now embracing their new status as parents-to-be and looking forward to the arrival of their little one this winter.

Jon is on the road on hisAin’t Always the Cowboy tourthrough October.

Jon and Summer Pardi Where was the image taken - their home in Tennessee When was the image taken - 09/22 Who took the photograph - Laura Moll Full credit line – Laura Moll Photography Source contact information: Name: Jennifer Vessio Phone: E-mail: jennifer.g.vessio@gmail.com

source: people.com