Scotty McCreery and Wife Gabi Expecting First Baby — a Boy!: 'We Got a Little Man on the Way'

Scotty McCreery and his wife Gabi are expecting their first child, a boy, his rep confirms to PEOPLE exclusively.

"We got a little man on the way," Scotty, 28, joyfully tells PEOPLE.

Detailing how he and Gabi, also 28, have "always talked about" having children together.

Gabi tells PEOPLE she found out she was pregnant earlier this year, and how she told her country music star husband

whose single "Damn Strait" is heading towards the top of the charts following the success of his last four singles — is a "funny story."

Now, with their baby due in November, Scotty and Gabi are thrilled — and even shocked — they're having a boy.