Trace Adkins

Has two daughters from a previous marriage, Tarah Adkins (b. 1983) & Sarah Adkins (b. 1985) as well as three daughters from his current marriage, Mackenzie Adkins (b. 1998), Brianna Adkins (b. 2001) and Trinity Adkins (b. 2004).

His second wife, Julie, shot him during a domestic dispute in 1994. The bullet went through both lungs and both lower chambers of his heart. Trace believes he survived because his home was so close to a trauma rated hospital. He never pressed charges against his now ex-wife.

His first single, "There's a Girl in Texas" made it into the Top 20 in 1996

1997: Academy of Country Music voted him its top new male vocalist and Country Weekly magazine proclaimed him favorite male newcomer.

March 1997: His first album, "Dreamin' Out Loud", was certified gold (for sales of 500,000 copies) and platinum (for sales of a million) six months later.

His home in Brentwood, Tennessee was completely destroyed by a fire on June 4, 2011.

His daughter, Tara Adkins, gave birth to a boy, Jackson Trace Webber, on June 6, 2012, weighing in at 7 lbs. 3 oz.