You can use this module with the following in your ~/.xmonad/xmonad.hs:

 import XMonad.Layout.Tabbed

Then edit your layoutHook by adding the Tabbed layout:

 myLayouts = tabbed shrinkText defaultTConf ||| Full ||| etc..
 main = xmonad defaultConfig { layoutHook = myLayouts }

For more detailed instructions on editing the layoutHook see:

XMonad.Doc.Extending#Editing_the_layout_hook

You can also edit the default configuration options.

 myTabConfig = defaultTConf { inactiveBorderColor = "#FF0000"
                            , activeTextColor = "#00FF00"}

and

 mylayout = tabbed shrinkText myTabConfig ||| Full ||| etc..