Songfacts®:

• "Beautiful As You" is a love song laced with a healthy dose of self-deprecating humor. Thomas Rhett married Lauren Akins (Gregory) in October 2012, and in this song, he's bewildered by his wife's choice in a partner. "What's someone as beautiful as you doing riding 'round with someone like me?" he asks.
  
  "This is an anthem for everybody who feels like they out-kicked their coverage," said Rhett, using a football term for an overachievement. "There was one day a couple years back when I was looking at my wife, and I was like, 'Why in the world did you choose me?' I get to be with someone who could easily be on the cover of a magazine, and I get to see her in all her forms – a partner, a mother, a friend, even a philanthropist. I just feel like I've got a first row seat at almost-perfection, if you will. And like the song says, 'Seriously, what is somebody as amazing as you doing with somebody like me?'"
• "Beautiful as You" marks a shift for Rhett both personally and professionally. The song's pop-friendly melody harks back to his 2017 Life Changes album, a poppier detour from his usual country fare. The reason for this stylistic U-turn? Four kids.
  
  Raising four small children has been a whirlwind for the Rhetts, but with the little ones becoming more independent (waking up for school and bathing themselves), mom and dad are finally experiencing a newfound freedom.
  
  This breathing room has reignited Rhett's creative spark. "Beautiful as You" is a testament to that, a fun melody that was as enjoyable for him to create as anything he's ever done.
  
  "My main mission was to make people smile, make people dance. And I hope that this song does that for people," he shared.
• Rhett co-wrote the song with former One Direction hitmakers John Ryan and Julian Bunetta, frequent Kesha collaborator Ammo, Jacob Kasher Hindlin (Maroon 5's "Memories" and Morgan Wallen's "Last Night"), Alexander Izquierdo from the Miami team Monsters & Strangerz, and Zaire Kelsey.
• Hindlin and Bunetta came up with the chorus, then Rhett tinkered with the verses and bridge, polishing them up, each word a reflection of Lauren, his ever-present muse.
  
  "Wrote it about my wife and just the awe factor I have that she chose me out of all the other handsome looking dudes in the world," he said. "I feel very grateful."
• Lauren has frequently served as the muse for Rhett's songs. They include: "Die a Happy Man," "Star of the Show," "Marry Me," "Look What God Gave Her," and "Us Someday."
• The About A Woman album features a playful twist inspired by "Rhett's daughters' evolving musical tastes. He revealed on Today that with four girls under 10 who are into everything from ballet to hip-hop, he leaned into crafting songs with "earworms" - catchy hooks that stick with you whether you like it or not. Influenced by his kids' reactions, he set out to create tracks that were "annoyingly stuck in your head," making his daughters the unofficial taste-testers of his new music. If they didn't give it a thumbs up, the song didn't make the cut!