Luke Grimes Says Starting His 'Little' Family with 6-Week Old Baby Brings Him 'More Joy Than Anything' (Exclusive)

Mar. 15, 2025

Bianca Rodrigues and Luke Grimes attend the 28th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards at Barker Hangar on February 27, 2022 in Santa Monica, California.Photo:Amy Sussman/WireImage

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Luke Grimesmay have captivated the hearts of viewers worldwide onYellowstone— but his heart belongs to his “little” family.

The actor and musician, 40, tells PEOPLE that amid his busy schedule wrapping the hit western drama series, on which he plays Kayce Dutton, and working as a professional musician in his personal time, he is still relishing in the “life-changing” aspects of being a father to a 6-week-old son.

Grimes and his wife,Bianca Rodrigues Grimes— with whom he reportedly tied the knot on Nov. 21, 2018 — welcomed their first child together just last month, as shared in a heartwarmingInstagram postfrom Bianca on Oct. 17. “It’s just been magical to watch,” he says of the experience of becoming a father.

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L-R: Luke Grimes as Kacey Dutton and Kelly Reilly as Beth Dutton on episode 512 of Paramount Network’s Yellowstone.Paramount

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Nonetheless, he says his trick to keep it all together is to “just try to stay as in the moment as possible” no matter what is going on in his personal and professional life.

“I know some of these things can be kind of overwhelming if you think about ‘em all at once,” he admits, doubling down that “all I can do is just try to be present.”

For Grimes, “family has been a big thing since I was little.”

Despite heading to Hollywood to pursue his dreams — and still finding a way “to get along even over long distances” with his loved ones — Grimes says having a family of his own someday remained his “north star” in life.

“I knew one day I wanted to start my own family, and I knew that that was going to be where the real happiness came from. The other stuff was just going to pay the bills,” he jokes.

Ultimately, that “other stuff” (Yellowstoneincluded) doesn’t compare in Grimes’ mind to “having my own family … my real life little family now is bringing me more joy than anything.”

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source: people.com