Country singer Emily Robertson is a first-time mum after giving birth to a baby boy.

The Carter's Chord band member and her husband Marc Fortney became parents to son Tug on 19 October (12).

Fortney tells music website TasteOfCountry.com, "We loved the name Tug. Obviously, Tug MCGraw is the only Tug we know, and I am a huge baseball fan, so it just worked for him.

"I'm a pretty big dreamer and wide thinker, and (fatherhood) exceeded anything I could be ready for. It's something sweeter than I ever thought it could be and feel like."