Rodney Atkins Meets His Birth Mother

A lot has happened with Rodney Atkins in the three years between his new album, “Take a Back Road” and his last one. Probably the biggest thing during that time was when he met his birth mother. Atkins, now 42, says his mother had gotten pregnant on a traumatic first date. She managed to hide it and Atkins was adopted as an infant. He says when he finally met his birth mother he realized it was “such a relief” for her because she had been wondering what happened to the child she gave up for adoption. He says his birth mom is “a wonderful, beautiful lady.”