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Billy Currington was born and raised in Rincon, Georgia. He lives in Nashville, Tennessee. His mother married Larry Currington when he was only one and a half years old. When he was a junior in high school, Currington auditioned for a spot at Opryland, the renowned country music theme park located in Nashville, the country music capital. Failing the audition, after high school he moved to Nashville to pursue his career in country music. His first stint didn't last too long, and he later sang for a bar in Georgia. In Nashville, Currington also worked for a concrete company, and also as a personal trainer. One of the clients he worked with as a personal trainer led Currington to recording demo tapes, as well as writing songs. Soon after, Currington was signed to Mercury Nashville Records.

His self-titled debut album was released in 2003. The first single was "Walk A Little Straighter", about his relationship with his alcoholic stepfather. The chorus of the song was written by Currington at the age of 12. "Walk a Little Straighter" went on to peak at #8 that year on the Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart and established Currington as a major Country performer in Nashville. He first hit the Top 5 on the country charts with his second single, "I Got a Feelin'", also from his debut album.

He scored a third consecutive top 10 hit with Shania Twain in late 2004, on the song "Party for Two". The song was from Shania's Greatest Hits album and was released in two formats: a pop version with Mark McGrath as Twain's duet partner, and the country version, which featured Currington.

In 2005, Currington released a second album entitled Doin' Somethin' Right, which peaked at #2 on the Top Country Albums chart and #11 on the Billboard 200. Doin' Somethin' Right produced his first Number One in "Must Be Doin' Somethin' Right", followed by "Why, Why, Why" at #13 and another Number One in "Good Directions", which was also the #2 country song of 2007 according to the Billboard year end-countdown.

His 2007 single, "Tangled Up", peaked at #30 in late 2007, and his third album was delayed. Currington was absent from the charts for nearly a year before the release of his next single, "Don't", in mid-2008. The latter song is the first single from his third studio album, Little Bit of Everything, which was released on October 14.