Trace Adkins Biography-Wiki

Trace Adkins is an American country singer and actor. His debut was in 1996 with the album Dreamin’ Out Loud, released on Capitol Records Nashville. Within that period, Adkins has released ten more studio albums and two Greatest Hits compilations.

Moreover, he has charted more than 20 singles on the Billboard country music charts, including the Number One hits “(This Ain’t) No Thinkin’ Thing”, “Ladies Love Country Boys”, and “You’re Gonna Miss This”, which peaked in 1997, 2007, and 2008, respectively.

He previously made several presentations on television, including as a panelist on the game shows Hollywood Squares and Pyramid, as a 2008 finalist and as the 2013 winner on The All-Star Celebrity Apprentice, as the voice for recurring character Elvin on King of the Hill, and in television commercial voice-overs for KFC and Firestone.

Also, Adkins is the author of an autobiography entitled A Personal Stand: Observations and Opinions from a Free-Thinking Roughneck, which was released in late 2007. He has been cast in various films, including The Lincoln Lawyer, Moms’ Night Out, and I Can Only Imagine.

Trace Adkins Age and Birthday

Moving on to his age, Adkins was born on January 13, 1962, as Tracy Darrell “Trace” Adkins. He was born in Sarepta, Louisiana. As of 2020, he is 58 years old.

Trace Adkins Height and Weight

The famous country music singer stands tall at a height of 6ft 5 ½ (196.9 cm). He weighs 90 kg or 198.5 lbs.

Trace Adkins Education

Speaking of his academics, he was a student At Sarepta High School. Adkins joined a gospel music group called the New Commitments. He was also a member of the FFA. He later attended Louisiana Tech University in Ruston. Adkins never graduated. After leaving college, he worked on an oil rig.

Trace Adkins Parents

He is Aaron Doyle Adkins (1942-2014) and Peggy Carraway. His parents were high school sweetheart. His father worked for forty-seven years at the International Paper Container Division in Springhill.

Trace Adkins Family

His paternal grandparents were Rayford D. Adkins (1921-1987) and the former Mavis Giles, later Mavis Tilley (1923-1999). Adkins has two brothers, Clay Adkins, and Scott Devin Adkins. Devin passed away in 1993 at age twenty-one in a pickup truck accident near Plain Dealing in Bossier Parish. His maternal uncle was the Christian musician James W. Carraway (1923–2008).

Trace Adkins Wife

Speaking of his love life, Adkins tied the not with his long-time girlfriend, Victoria Pratt. Blake Shelton actually officiated the wedding. Adkins was previously married to Barbara Lewis, with whom he has two daughters, Tarah and Sarah. He later married his second ex-wife, insurance salesperson Julie Curtis.

He was married to Julie for 3 years and at one point she shot Trace through the heart during an altercation but he survived it.  However, they filed for divorce in 2014, citing irreconcilable differences.

Trace Adkins Wedding

The couple married on Oct. 12 at Maison Montegut in New Orleans. Adkins and Pratt met on the set of 2014’s “The Virginian.” Blake and Adkins have been close for several years and collaborated on countless songs together. It was the fourth marriage for Adkins, and the second for Pratt.

Trace Adkins Kids | Daughters

He has two daughters, Tarah and Sarah. with Barbara Lewis. Adkins also has three daughters: Mackenzie, Brianna, and Trinity with Julie Curtis.

Trace Adkins Facts and Body Measurements

• Full Name: Tracy Darrell “Trace” Adkins
• Age/ How Old?: As of 2020, he is 58 years old
• Date of Birth: January 13, 1962
• Place of Birth: Sarepta, Louisiana
• Education‎: Sarepta High School/ Louisiana Tech University
• Birthday: January 13
• Nationality: American
• Father’s Name: Aaron Doyle Adkins
• Mother’s Name: Peggy Carraway
• Siblings: Two brothers, Clay Adkins, and Scott Devin Adkins
• Marital Status: Wife Victoria Pratt
• Children/ Kids: 5 daughters
• Height/ How tall?: 6ft 5 ½ (196.9 cm)
• Weight: 90 kg or 198.5 lbs
• Profession: country singer and actor
• Net worth: $25 million

Trace Adkins Country Singer

He started to pursue a solo career in the 90s. He played honky-tonk bars and clubs as often as he could. Adkins released his debut album, Dreamin’ Out Loud, in 1996, and it established him as a rising star.

The lead single, “Every Light in the House,” climbed to number three; “I Left Something Turned on at Home” hit number two; and “(This Ain’t) No Thinkin’ Thing” went all the way to number one.

His 1997 follow-up album, Big Time, produced another Top Five hit in “The Rest of Mine,” and “Lonely Won’t Leave Me Alone” just missed the Top Ten.

Adkins released his last album “X” under Capitol Records in 2008. He then changed labels to fellow country musician %cToby Keith%’s Show Dog-Universal Music. He toured with him ahead of his next album release “Cowboy’s Back in Town” which is released on August 17, 2010, in the United States.

Adkins also ventured into acting and reality TV world. In 2008, he competed in “The Celebrity Apprentice” and made it to the final two. Sadly he lost the winner title to %cPiers Morgan%. He was also featured in an episode of “The Young and the Restless”.

Trace Adkins Net Worth

As of 2020, Adkins has an estimated net worth of $25 million. He acquired his wealth from his successful multiple singles and albums. He has also been awarded five country music awards.

Trace Adkins Shot

In 1994, Adkins was Shot in the heart and lungs by his ex-wife. Julie Curtis got tired of his drinking. On Feb. 21, 1994, After arguing, she pointed a .38 at him, and when he tried to disarm her, she shot him in the chest – through both lungs and both ventricles of his heart.

“The doctors held little hope that I would survive and told my family and friends to go in and say goodbye,” he wrote in his autobiography A Personal Stand: Observations and Opinions from a Freethinking Roughneck.

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Trace Adkins  Songs

• Honky Tonk Badonkadonk – Songs About Me · 2005
• You’re Gonna Miss This – American Man: Greatest Hits Volume II · 2007
• Hot Mama
• Ladies Love Country Boys

• Every Light in the House – Dreamin’ Out Loud · 1996
• Brown Chicken Brown Cow – Cowboy’s Back in Town · 2010
• Still a Soldier
• Something’s Going On · 2017

• Just Fishin’ – Proud to Be Here · 2011
• Watered Down – Something’s Going On · 2017
• Til the Last Shot’s Fired – X · 2008
• Swing – Dangerous Man · 2006

• No Thinkin’ Thing – Dreamin’ Out Loud · 1996
• Arlington – Songs About Me · 2005
• Songs About Me – Songs About Me · 2005
• Then They Do – Greatest Hits Collection, Vol. 1 · 2003

• Whoop a Man’s Ass – Cowboy’s Back in Town · 2011
• Honky Tonk Badonkadonk – Songs About Me · 2005
• You’re Gonna Miss This – American Man: Greatest Hits Volume II · 2007
• Hot Mama

• Ladies Love Country Boys
• Every Light in the House – Dreamin’ Out Loud · 1996
• Brown Chicken Brown Cow – Cowboy’s Back in Town · 2010
• Still a Soldier – Something’s Going On · 2017

• Just Fishin’ – Proud to Be Here · 2011
• Watered Down – Something’s Going On · 2017
• Til the Last Shot’s Fired – X · 2008
• Swing – Dangerous Man · 2006

• No Thinkin’ Thing – Dreamin’ Out Loud · 1996
• Arlington – Songs About Me · 2005
• Songs About Me – Songs About Me · 2005
• Then They Do – Greatest Hits Collection, Vol. 1 · 2003

• Whoop a Man’s Ass – Cowboy’s Back in Town · 2010
• Redneck Tendencies
• Hixtape, Vol. 1 · 2019
• I’m Tryin – Chrome · 2001

• Rough & Ready – Comin’ On Strong · 2003
• I Left Something Turned On At Home – Dreamin’ Out Loud · 1996
• Jesus and Jones – Something’s Going On · 2017
• Marry For Money – X · 2008

• Semper Fi – Proud to Be Here · 2011
• This Ain’t No Love Song – Cowboy’s Back in Town · 2010
• I Got My Game On – American Man: Greatest Hits Volume II · 2007
• Wayfaring Stranger – Big Time · 1997

• Help Me Understand – Definitive Greatest Hits · 2010
• Chrome – Chrome · 2001
• The Rest Of Mine – Big Time · 1997

• Fightin’ Words – Dangerous Man · 2006
• There’s A Girl In Texas – Dreamin’ Out Loud · 1996
• Ala-Freakin-Bama – Ala-Freakin-Bama · 2009

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