British pop star Example is set to become a first-time father.

The hip-hop star's model wife Erin MCNaught is pregnant with the couple's first child, just 14 months after they wed.

The Australian beauty announced the news in a post on Twitter.com on Wednesday (23Jul14), sharing a picture of her baby bump and adding in a caption, "So @example and I have been working on a secret project lately and thought it was about time we told you all!"

Example branded the news "truly amazing" and added, "overwhelmed with all the well-wishers" in messages posted on his own Twitter account.

The couple married in Australia in May, 2013.