Brantley Gilbert and Wife Expecting Baby Boy

Pink or blue for Brantley Gilbert and his wife? Find out!

Brantley Gilbert and Wife Expecting Baby Boy
Brantley Gilbert and Amber; Photo via Instagram

After a lengthy struggle with fertility issues, Brantley Gilbert and his wife Amber are extraordinarily excited to welcome a baby this fall. Just weeks after announcing their exciting news, the couple is finally sharing that they’ll be having a little boy join their family.

“Everybody was crying. I turned around and I think that’s when it hit me that everybody’s wanted this for us as much as we did for so long,” the singer told PEOPLE at their gender reveal party on Monday night (6/5).

The event was attended by approximately 40 of the couple’s closest family and friends. Party-goers and the parents-to-be learned the gender when Gilbert fired a rifle at a target filled with blue dust..

“When the blue cloud went up, well, that made it even more real. Now we know it’s a little boy, and he’s gonna have to get ready for a whole lot of love,” he shared. “We got to go to the doctor’s and pick up the envelope with the [sex] in it. Then we took it to the guy who was packing the powder. We dropped it off, then waited until the big moment … and man, when we saw that blue cloud of smoke rising?! There are no words.”

Brantley and Amber were overjoyed to learn that they’d be having a son, but not all that surprised.

“Amber and I thought it was a little boy. I don’t know how or why, but we just did,” he explained. “I’d have been happy with any baby, boy or girl. But there’s something about the idea of a little guy… ”

While the family prepares for their little one to join them in November, many of Gilbert’s fans have taken it upon themselves to shower the couple with baby gifts.

“Somebody gave us brass knuckles [for the baby] to teethe on, and the other night, someone else gave us onesies that said, ‘Crawl, Walk, Ride’ and ‘Don’t Mess With Me, My Dad’s Brantley Gilbert,’ ” he said.

Baby Gilbert is due November 17.