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  • Birth Name: Tracy Darrell Adkins
  • Birth Place: Springhill, LA
  • Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 01/13/1962, Capricorn
  • Profession: Country musician; author
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Trace Adkins Fast Facts:
  • Stands 6'6" tall.
  • Played college football and studied petroleum technology at Louisiana Tech University.
  • Accidentally cut off a finger while working on an oil rig after college; it was later reattached.
  • Was shot by his then-wife Julie Curtis in 1994; he did not press charges.
  • Inducted into the Grand Ole Opry in 2003.
  • Wrote the autobiography A Personal Stand: Observations and Opinions from a Freethinking Roughneck (2007).
  • Garnered second place in the 2008 edition of The Celebrity Apprentice.
  • Was the inspiration for the comic-book character Luke McBain, who appeared in a four-part comic series in 2009.
  • Supporter of the Wounded Warrior Project.
  • Trace Adkins Relationships:
  • Rhonda Forlaw - Wife
  • Brianna Adkins - Daughter
  • Tarah Adkins - Daughter
  • Trinity Adkins - Daughter
  • Aaron Adkins - Father
  • Julie Curtis - Ex-wife
  • Mackenzie Adkins - Daughter
  • Peggy Adkins - Mother
  • Sarah Adkins - Daughter
  • Trace Adkins Awards:
  • 2009 CMT Music Awards: Video of the Year - Nominee
  • 2009 CMT Music Awards: Male Video of the Year - Nominee
  • 2008 CMT Music Awards: Male Video of the Year - Winner
  • 2008 CMT Music Awards: Comedy Video of the Year - Nominee
  • 2006 CMT Music Awards: Video of the Year - Nominee
  • 2006 CMT Music Awards: Male Video of the Year - Nominee
  • 2006 CMT Music Awards: Hottest Video of the Year - Nominee
  • 2004 CMT Music Awards: Flameworthy Male Video of the Year - Nominee
  • 2003 CMT Music Awards: Flameworthy Cocky Video of the Year - Nominee
  • 2002 CMT Music Awards: Flameworthy Male Video of the Year - Nominee
  • 2010 CMT Music Awards: Collaborative Video of the Year - Winner
  • College:
  • Attended Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, LA

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