Luke Bryan

Luke Bryan married his college sweetheart, Caroline Boyer, on December 8, 2006. He first met her at Georgia Southern University. The couple has two sons, Thomas ‘Bo’ Boyer Bryan and Tatum ‘Tate’ Christopher Bryan. He also takes care of his nephew Tilden (Till) following the death of his sister and brother-in-law.

He shares a passion for hunting and outdoors. He co-owns Buck Commander, sister company of Duck Commander. It even initiated a TV show for hunting enthusiasts.

Bryan has supported numerous charities and causes, including the City of Hope and Red Cross. The causes Bryan supports are AIDS and HIV, cancer, children's disaster relief, health, and human rights.

Luke Bryan was born as Thomas Luther ‘Luke’ Bryan on July 17, 1976 in rural Leesburg, Georgia, to LeClaire (née Watkins) and Tommy Bryan. His father was a peanut farmer. Luke had an elder brother Chris and an elder sister Kelly.

At the age of 19, Luke was to move to Nashville. However, tragedy struck his family as his brother was killed in a car accident. Bryan could not leave his family in such an emotional state and instead enrolled at the Georgia Southern University in Statesboro, Georgia. While at college, he as a member of the Sigma Chi fraternity. In 1999, he graduated with a degree in Business Administration.

It was only in 2007 that Bryan made it to Nashville, after his father coaxed him to pursue a career in music. Upon reaching Nashville, Bryan joined a publishing house in the city. His first cut was the title track of Travis Tritt's 2004 album ‘My Honky Tonk History’.

Not long after reaching Nashville, Bryan signed a recording contract with the Capitol Nashville. During this time, he co-wrote Billy Currington’s single ‘Good Directions’. The song peaked at number one on the Hot Country Songs chart in mid-2007.

Along with producer Jeff Stevens, Bryan co-wrote his debut single, ‘All My Friends Say’. The song peaked at number 5 on the Hot Country Songs chart. Following the success of his debut single, Bryan released his debut studio album ‘I'll Stay Me’. While its second single ‘We Rode in Trucks’ peaked at number 33 on the charts, the third single titled ‘Country Man’ reached 10th position.

On March 10, 2009, Bryan released an EP titled ‘Spring Break with All My Friends’. The EP featured two new songs, ‘Sorority Girls’ and ‘Take My Drunk Ass Home’. It also had an acoustic version of ‘All My Friends Say’. He followed the EP with his fourth single ‘Do I’ in May 2009. The single became extremely popular and scaled to the number 2 position on the Hot Country Songs Chart.

In October 2009, Bryan came up with his second album ‘Doin’ My Thing’. The album comprised of his single ‘Do I’ and a cover of OneRepublic's ‘Apologize’. He followed it up with two singles, ‘Rain Is a Good Thing’ and ‘Someone Else Calling You Baby’, both of which shot to number one position on the country music charts.

The meteoric rise in Luke Bryan’s career kickstarted with his third studio album, ‘Tailgates & Tanlines’, released in 2011. The album peaked at number one on the Top Country Albums chart and number two on the Billboard 200 chart. Its singles reached number one on the country music charts, thus starting a legacy which carried on in his fourth and fifth studio albums.

His fourth album ‘Crash My Party’ came at a time when Bryan career was on sky high. All the singles from the album were extremely successful, ranking at number one position on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs and Country Airplay charts. He also became the first country music artist to release an album of six number one singles on both the Billboard's Hot Country Songs and Country Airplay charts.

Bryan’s latest outing ‘Kill the Lights’ has been magnanimously successful. The album came up with six new singles all of which have reached number one on the Billboard Country Airplay chart, making Bryan the first artist in the 27-year history of the chart to achieve six number one singles from one album.