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Justin Moore was raised an only child on a 20-acre farm that was part of the 100 acres owned by his extended family. His father was the town's postmaster and his mother worked at a bank until she took over daily operations of the family's barbecue restaurant.

By age three, he was strumming a toy guitar and singing "I'm a Honky Tonk Man" for his parents, and three years later he was performing in public. "It started in church, basically because my mom and dad made me. If you grew up in a town of 300 people, there aren't a lot of people who can sing on-key, so I pretty much got all of the leads in church plays." He won a Poyen High School talent contest at age eight and began performing solo to tracks at any local festival that would have him while in high school.

The class salutatorian turned down several baseball scholarships and instead enrolled in a nearby community college. But in less than two weeks, he knew that Nashville was where he needed to be and with his parent's support, he moved to Nashville in 2002 and soon began looking for songs at publishing companies to help him land a record deal.

In mid-2008 Moore signed with Valory Music Group. In August of the next year he released his self-titled debut album, which debuted at No. 3 on the Top Country Albums chart. The single, "Small Town USA" became his first No. 1 hit that October.

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