Trace Adkins is an American Country music singer and actor, who debuted with his album Dreamin’ Out Loud in 1996, on Capitol Records Nashville. Trace Adkins is well-recognized for his distinctive bass-baritone singing and speaking voice.
Tracy Darrell Adkins was born on 13th January 1962 in Sarepta, Louisiana to Peggy Carraway and Aaron Doyle Adkins, a mill worker. He came from a family with a celebrity background as his maternal uncle was Christian musician James W. Carraway.
Trace Adkins earned his education at Sarepta High School, where he built his music career. He is also an alumnus of Louisiana Tech University in Ruston. Trace Adkins has a record of losing his pinky finger on his left hand in an accident.
With regard to his relationship, Trace Adkins married his first wife, Barbara Lewis from 1985 to 1990. They had two children. He met his ex-wife, Rhonda Forlaw in late 1994 and got married on 11 May 1997 with three kids. Rhonda Forlaw was an executive at Arista Records Nashville.
In 2014, Trace Adkins and Rhonda filed for divorce with irreconcilable differences. However, she dismissed the petition in 2015, and Trace Adkins refiled for divorce despite the news of their reconciliation.
Trace Adkins married his ex-wife, Julie Curtis on 3rd February 1991 and divorced in 1994. The duo got into a banter that nearly cost his life in 1994. Julie Curtis shot Trace Adkins and the bullet went through his heart and both lungs.
This happened while he was trying to disarm his second wife, Julie Curtis after she pointed a gun at him when a fight over his drinking turned violent. Emergency surgery was done and he survived. However, Trace Adkins forgave her and did not press any charges against her. The couple got divorced 3 years after the traumatic incident happened. On 12th October 2019, Trace Adkins married Canadian actress Victoria Pratt in New Orleans, Louisiana.
How many Kids does Trace Adkins Have?
Trace Adkins has five daughters. They are Tarah, Sarah, Mackenzie, Brianna, and Trinity Adkins. Tarah and Sarah Adkins are daughters of his first wife, Barbara Lewis and the remaining three are from his second marriage with Rhonda Forlaw.
Tarah Adkins was born in 1983. She is the eldest daughter who got married to David Webber in 2007. She has three children which include a grandson, Jackson Trace Webber, born on fathers day in 2012. Sarah Adkins was born in 1985 and Mackenzie Adkins was born in 1998.
Mackenzie Adkins attended the University of Tennessee in 2020 and works with the Rhonda & Company talent agency. Brianna Adkins is the middle child of Rhonda and Trace’s three girls born in 2001. She is now a model signed to AMAX in Nashville. Trinity Adkins is the youngest of all. She was born in 2004 and is reportedly acting as a video vixen.