Tanya Tucker's 3 Children: All About Presley, Grayson and Layla

Mar. 15, 2025

Tanya Tucker with her children Presley Tanita Tucker, Beau Grayson and Layla LaCosta Laseter attend “A Star Is Born” screening.Photo:Rick Diamond/Getty

Rick Diamond/Getty

Tanya Tuckermay be acountry music icon, but her crowning achievement is being the proud mom of three children: Presley, Grayson and Layla.

Though theCountry Music Hall of Famernever married and didn’t have a traditional family structure for her kids, she had “the most incredible parents” as a blueprint for how to care for them.

“Best things I ever did!!! My three youngins, Presley Tanita, Beau Grayson and Layla LaCosta,” she wroteon Facebookin 2020. “So grateful and proud to be their Momma.”

Here’s everything to know about Tanya Tucker’s children: Presley, Grayson and Layla.

Presley Tanita Tucker, 35

Tanya Tucker and Presley Tucker attend 60th annual BMI Country awards on October 30, 2012 in Nashville, Tennessee.Erika Goldring/FilmMagic

Erika Goldring/FilmMagic

Tanya became a mom for the first time on July 5, 1989, when she welcomed her first child, Presley Tanita Tucker, with Reed.

“Around 1:17 pm I had a 6.7 lb bundle of heaven at Vanderbilt in Nashville,” the singer shared in asweet postfor Presley’s 35th birthday in 2024. “She was the answer to my dream and I named her long before her arrival. She was so beautiful I really couldn’t believe she was mine.”

“What an entrance she made!” she continued. “Not just a beautiful face, she was a perfect child so much so I felt I was the blessed one!!! God knew what I needed. And it was her.”

When asked what it was like growing up with Tanya as a mom Presley told theChildren of Songpodcast it was “a lot of fun — never a dull moment.” While she enjoyed being on the road with her mom “as much as possible,” she also went to “normal school.”

Tanya Tucker and her kids, Presley Tucker and Grayson Tucker, attend the “The Return of Tanya Tucker - Featuring Brandi Carlile” premiere during the 2022 SXSW Conference and Festivals on March 13, 2022.Michael Loccisano/Getty

Michael Loccisano/Getty

Presley followed in her mother’s footsteps and became a musician. In fact, she was performing with her mother onstage in Tulsa, Okla., in 2022 when Tanya surprised her with a birthday cake.

“Surprise!!!! Happy Birthday to my first born @presleytucker! Love you honey!” she wrote onInstagramalongside a video of the sweet moment. “So glad we could celebrate you tonight in Tulsa, OK!!!”

Presley is equally enamored with her mom: For Mother’s Day 2021, Presley shared a touchingmessagefor her mama. “Happy Mother’s Day to my very own superhero. I love you with all that I am. ❤️," she penned.

In 2024, she shared another sweettribute, writing, “I am so grateful to share this life with you. If I have a choice in any other lifetimes, I would always choose you.”

Beau Grayson Tucker, 33

Tanya Tucker and her son Beau Grayson Tucker.Tanya Tucker/Facebook

Tanya Tucker/Facebook

Tanya and Reed’s second child, Beau Grayson Tucker, was born on Oct. 2, 1991.

She named her bundle of joy after her beloved father and longtime manager, Beau Tucker, but her son uses his middle name professionally.

“The night before I went to the hospital I talked to Clint Black and I still haven’t figured out how this happened, but I told him that I was naming my son Beau Grayson, after my dad,” Tanya recalled in aFacebook postfor Grayson’s birthday in 2020. “I didn’t think that it would get out.”

However, Black turned out to be the announcer for female vocalist of the year at the CMAs one night later, and he spilled the beans about the name when she won the award.

“My dad just about fell off of the couch when he was watching the show because nobody knew I was naming him Beau Grayson, after my dad,” Tanya recalled. “It was a really special time, the only time I’ve ever won female vocalist of the year. I couldn’t be there, but it was all worth it.”

Tanya Tucker with her children Grayson Tucker, Presley Tucker and Layla Tucker.Rick Diamond/WireImage

Rick Diamond/WireImage

Tanya believes her son “turned out to be a fine young man that I’m so proud of. He’s been there for me through all sorts of ordeals and I have him to thank for so many things. He’s a very special, fine young man.”

Grayson grew up in Nashville before moving to San Diego for junior college and to play football. Though he eventually joined his mom on tour, Grayson ultimately decided to move back to Tennessee.

“I’ve lived in California for several years enough to know I wanted to move back to Nashville,” he told theHigher Linepodcast in 2019. “I grew up on 500 acres and I had four-wheelers and … just had a field day fishing and doing all that stuff.”

Like his sister, Grayson is also a musician and has worked with his mom. “I sing and play guitar … I work with my mother Tanya Tucker and I help her out on the road as well as do my own music,” the musician explained to theHigher Lineat the time.

He hashis own website, with information “coming soon!”

Layla LaCosta Laseter, 25

Tanya Tucker and her daughter Layla.Tanya Tucker/Instagram

Tanya Tucker/Instagram

Tanya and Laseter welcomed their first and only child together, Layla LaCosta Laseter, on June 25, 1999.

“I’d give all the tomorrows that I could ever have for just one more moment when they laid her on my chest and she first looked at me and smiled. … She was just what I needed in my life,” Tanya recounted in a heartfelt birthdaytributein 2024.

The little bundle of joy’s middle name was a nod to Tanya’s sister, LaCosta Tucker, who is also a performer.

Like her mom and aunt, Layla is a talented singer. “She was blessed with a beautiful voice and she was given the gift of songwriting (gotta be from Daddy Laseter),” Tanya added in her 2024 birthday post on Facebook. “I’m hoping the world will be able to hear her voice across global radio airwaves.”

As a testament to her belief in her youngest kid’s talent, Tanya had her daughter open for herconcert at The Rymanin Nashville in 2023.

Layla has alsoreleased several singles,including titled “Misery and Gin,” in 2022, and “Stay,” “Moonshine” and “My Heart Wins Again,” in 2023.

Beau Grayson Tucker, Tanya Tucker, Presley Tanita Tucker and Layla LaCosta Laseter attend CMT Smashing Glass: A Celebration of the Groundbreaking Women of Music on October 26, 2023 in Nashville, Tennessee.Jason Kempin/Getty

Jason Kempin/Getty

The musician often shares her sentiments about her mom on social media. “I just can’t find the words to describe how proud I am of my mama,” she wrote onInstagramin 2023 after Tanya was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame.

On the personal front, Layla is in a long-term relationship with a fellow musician named Adrian Berryhill.

“Thank you for all you do (bc it’s a whole lot)” she wrote in a birthdaytributeto him in January 2024. “All your love, all your support, patience, kindness, and all the laughs. You’re such a light in this dark world and I’m so freakin’ blessed to have you.”

source: people.com