is in "a really good place" in her life, which she credits largely to having a loving family – including her son, star welcomed her only biological son – she has five stepchildren from two marriages – with her former husband of 26 years, in 1990, one year after their wedding. Despite growing up with a huge country star for a mom, Reba always made time for her son. "I took him on the road with me," she told .
"When I couldn't, I would fly home after a concert, get him up in the morning, take him to school, and pick him up." She added: "We'd play until I had to fly out again for a concert that night. I wanted to be with Shelby.
Still do." Here's what we know about Reba's son..
. Reba isn't shy about singing her son's praises and often gushes about him and his achievements. "I'm very proud of him," she told in October 2022.
"He's always trying to improve and do better. His daddy did a great job too." She added: "Shelby is a gift from God to me.
We're very close. I was a very self-centered person to a degree before Shelby. But then there's a little character who you are given the job to protect and nurture and love and teach, so all the attention's not on you anymore.
" Shelby enjoyed success as a NASCAR driver and made his Daytona debut at the 2011 Continental Tire Challenge Grand-Am 200 – just five months after he began racing. Reba shared her pride over his first race, writing on her blog at the time: "Watching Shelby on the track racing at 170MPH was the biggest rush I'.
