Country singer James Otto and wife have baby girl

Nashville: It`s a girl for country singer James Otto and his wife, Amy.

Otto`s publicist Jensen Sussman tells The Associated Press that they welcomed their first child, Ava Katherine Otto, into the world at 9:23 p.m. Tuesday at a Nashville-area hospital. She weighs 8 lbs., 2 oz. and is 19 1/2 inches long. Otto said in a statement: "She is beautiful like her Mama, and I am already wrapped around her tiny finger." Otto has been opening for Toby Keith and Trace Adkins this summer, and he said he returned from a gig over the weekend just in time for the birth. Otto scored his first No. 1 hit in 2008 with ‘Just Got Started Loving You.’ He also co-wrote last year`s CMA song of the year, ‘In Color,’ sung by Jamey Johnson. Otto is releasing a new album Sept. 14. Bureau Report