NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Country singer Jo Dee Messina and her husband have announced the birth of their first child, a boy.

Craig Campbell, the singer’s spokesman, says Noah Roger Deffenbaugh was born Monday afternoon at a Nashville-area hospital. He weighed 6 pounds, 15 ounces.

Messina, 38, and Chris Deffenbaugh were married in October 2007.