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Reba McEntire has constructed a wildly profitable profession as one in all nation music’s most iconic voices—all whereas embracing her function as a faithful mom and stepmother. The 70-year-old star has one organic son, Shelby Blackstock, and 5 stepchildren—Coty, Lance, Shawna, Brandon (who sadly handed away in 2025), and Chassidy—from her two marriages. Over time, Reba has usually expressed how proud she is of her blended household and the enjoyment her youngsters convey to her life.
Like her, they too, have lived spectacular lives each personally and professionally. Discover out extra about Reba’s youngsters beneath.
Shelby Blackstock
Shelby Blackstock is Reba’s solely organic baby. He was born in Feb. 1990 to her and her husband on the time, Narvel Blackstock. After graduating from school, he went on to turn out to be a race automobile driver and has loved numerous success from it. He has raced on the US F2000 Nationwide Championship, the Professional Mazda Championship and the Indy Lights.
Reba hasn’t hesitated to specific her pleasure for her son through the years and did simply that in a memorable Instagram put up in Jan. 2020, when he competed within the Daytona Worldwide Speedway. “A mama is just as glad as her youngsters are. Shelby, ‘Love getting again at Daytona Worldwide Speedway for the #roar,’” she wrote within the put up.
In an Oct. 2022 interview, Reba gave some perception into what it was like elevating Shelby and admitted she by no means went straightforward on him. “Once we would play video games or playing cards, I’d by no means let Shelby win,” she recalled to PEOPLE. “He wouldn’t have realized something that manner. I at all times instructed Shelby, ‘I’ll at all times love you, however I would like different individuals to love you. So don’t be a bit of jerk. Don’t be a spoiled brat.’”
Shelby began a household of his personal when he married Marissa Department in Feb. 2022. The couple met on the relationship app Tinder in 2014 and had been pals for 2 years earlier than they determined to start out a romance. They spoke to Individuals about their marriage and relationship after their marriage ceremony. “We’ve identified one another for thus lengthy, from each a ‘simply pals’ to a relationship perspective,” they mentioned. “Tackling no matter life throws our manner as husband and spouse — making a household and legacy, collectively — excites us greater than something.”
Coty Battles
Coty Battles grew to become Reba’s stepson when she married his dad, Charlie Battles, in 1976. He reportedly adopted in his father’s footsteps when he grew to become a wrestler however finally settled down as a rancher. Though he’s fairly personal about his life, he settled down in Waco, TX along with his girlfriend Amy Huffman, in 2016, in keeping with his Fb web page.
Lance Battles
Lance Battles is Reba’s second stepchild from her fist marriage to Charlie, whom she divorced in 1987. He has saved a non-public life through the years, so not a lot is thought about him. Some of the current instances he was talked about in a publication was in his father’s obituary after he handed away from coronary heart failure and stroke problems in 2013. On the time, Donna Granger, who married Charlie and have become Lance and Coty’s second stepmom, was additionally talked about.
Shawna Rene Blackstock
Shawna Rene Blackstock grew to become one other one in all Reba’s stepchildren when the artist married her dad, Narvel Blackstock, in 1989. Like Lance, she has led a really personal life and though she’s lively on Instagram, her account is personal.
Brandon Blackstock
Brandon Blackstock, born in 1976, is the son of Narvel Blackstock and was maybe Reba’s most well-known stepchild. He made a reputation for himself as a profitable expertise supervisor, working with main artists—together with his then-wife, Kelly Clarkson. Brandon and Kelly had been married from 2013 till their divorce in 2021 and shared two youngsters collectively: River Rose and Remington Alexander. He additionally had two older youngsters, Savannah and Seth, from his first marriage to Melissa Ashworth, which resulted in divorce in 2012.
Brandon handed away in August 2025 on the age of 48, following a non-public battle with most cancers.
Chassidy Celeste Blackstock
Chassidy Celeste Blackstock is one other one in all Narvel’s youngsters who grew to become Reba’s stepchild in 1989. She was born in 1978 and like a few of her siblings, she’s chosen to maintain her life as personal as doable. She has been seen becoming a member of Reba for occasions prior to now, just like the one within the pic above, nevertheless, and the 2 appear very shut.
