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Tim McGraw Laughs At His Young Beefcake Self

Tim McGraw’s adult daughters Gracie, Maggie, and Audrey are home near Nashville for Christmas, and the girls stumbled upon a photo of their famous father from way back when and…

Tim McGraw performing in a crowd wearing a black shirt and a black cowboy hat
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Tim McGraw's adult daughters Gracie, Maggie, and Audrey are home near Nashville for Christmas, and the girls stumbled upon a photo of their famous father from way back when and had a giggle.

McGraw posted the beefcake photo of his young self hugging a guitar on Instagram and wrote, "Ha! My daughters ran across this today and could not stop laughing!! I have to admit, it's pretty funny! My first photoshoot... I had no Idea!!!"

He added, "Sometimes you just have to laugh at yourself."

Many of his almost four million followers reacted to the picture, including one who wrote, "Look at that baby face." Another fan said, "This is when you looked just like Tug." One more die-hard observed, "Looks like the stare of searching for that lonesome sound."

See that post here.

McGraw and Faith Hill's oldest daughter Gracie recently posted a clip of herself on stage at a New York City nightclub called the Cutting Room. In the video, she's performing an amazing rendition of Queen's "Fat Bottom Girls."

In the video clip posted to Instagram, you can see Gracie nail the song and do some dance moves to accompany it, exciting the crowd. She captioned the video clip on Instagram, "Broadway *Gracie dance* sings Fat bottom girls @broadway_sings QUEEN 2 out of 4 shows (come see us tomorrow at the Cutting room). Stunning video werk by my precious sweater puppies @sweaterpuppies187."

Many fans and friends reacted to the stellar performance, including one who wrote, "Gracie is a bad---, she has both of her parents talents and more !!" Another admirer commented, "Omg! @graciemcgra, you sound fantastic!!!" One more fan said, "I am SUCH a fan!!!!!!! Eek! And so happy to see that you are playing small venues."

See that post here.

Gracie's talent has been highlighted before on the rare occasion that she steps on stage to perform a duet with her dad, Tim. She also shined in a few clips a few years back where McGraw posted his girl singing along on the radio to a Barbra Streisand classic.

Country music is all about family. Country stars have kids and share their moments with all of us through social media and in the lyrics to some of their songs. While most country stars these days have young kids and even babies at home, many have children in their teens, and some who are adults.

Tim McGraw told us recently that two of his daughters are pursuing careers in the entertainment business. Tim's music career spans over 30 years, and he made his acting debut on The Jeff Foxworthy Show over 25 years ago. He and his wife Faith Hill, who also acts, have some advice for their daughters.

McGraw told us, "You know, Audrey's an actor, Gracie's an actor/singer. She's working on auditions for Broadway. And all we can tell them is, 'Look, you're gonna get a lot of no's in this business. This business is more no's than it is yes, but you try to learn from every audition you have, every door that's shut. You try to learn from it, and you just try to persevere and try to gain experience from it."

A year earlier, Tim spoke to us about his girls in a different interview. He offered, "It's funny because Faith and I've talked about that a little bit, and I think we see each other in all three of 'em. There are little parts of us in all three of 'em. They're all completely different creatures, but they all have big hearts, and they all are very polite, and they really respect people, and they all feel like they wanna make a difference in the world."

He added, "Hopefully, we've instilled that into them. And we've always also given them the opportunity to sort of explore themselves and find out who they are and try things."

We gathered up ten country stars in today's music that have kids in their teens and adult years.

Tim McGraw and Faith Hill

Tim and Faith often post about their adult daughters, Gracie, who is 26; Maggie, who is 25; and Audrey, who is 21. His oldest and youngest daughters are pursuing acting careers in New York City. McGraw posted a Happy Birthday to his middle girl earlier this week.

Brad Paisley

Brad and his wife Kimberly have two sons, William Huckleberry (they call him Huck), who is 16, and Jasper, who is 14. Brad doesn't post much about his sons, and he and Kimberly keep them under wraps so they can have an everyday life. He mentioned the boys on a recent Today show appearance, saying they are "good kids" and then joking, "But it's early." His new video features one of his boys ( he does not specify which h one) a bit younger catching a fish.

Blake Shelton

Blake is a stepdad to Gwen Stefani's three boys, including Kingston, 17; Zuma, 14; and Apollo, 9. Blake just recently hosted Kingston performing a song at his Ole Red bar in Tishomingo, Oklahoma. Neither Blake nor Gwen posts much about the three boys on social media. Blake recently posted about a special first performance from a "debut artist" at his club. It was, of course, Kingston.

Jelly Roll

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Jelly Roll has a 15-year-old daughter named Baillee, that joined him on the red carpet at his Hulu documentary party earlier this year. Jelly posted a video clip of himself teaching his daughter how to drive to Instagram.

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Luke Bryan

Luke has two teenage sons, Bo, 16, and Tate, 13. He often posts about his sons, as does his wife, Caroline. She posted a sweet video of herself and her oldest son as he was drivng her around.

Jason Aldean

Jason is the dad to four kids. He has two teenage daughters from his first wife: Keeley, who is 20, and Kendyl, who is 16. Aldean's current wife, Brittney, mom to his two toddlers, often posts about the family. She posted this with both of Jason's teen daughters in 2021.

Keith Urban and Nicole Kidman

Keith and Nicole keep details close to the vest about their two daughters, Sunday, 15, and Faith, 13. While the girls are rarely seen or photographed with their famous parents, both girls had a small part in Nicole's HBO mini-series The Undoing in 2020. The couple does not post socials about their girls. They do post about each other, as Nicole wished her hubby a happy wedding anniversary in June.

Dierks Bentley

Dierks and his wife Cassie have three children. Evalyn Day, who is 15 and a great singer. Bentley's daughter Jordan is 13, and the family's baby is son Knox, 10. Dierks doesn't post much about his daughters on Instagram, but he shares a lot about his son, who hosted the recent NHL Awards in Nashville with his famous dad.

Garth Brooks

Garth has three adult daughters with his first wife, Sandy Mahl. The oldest, Allie Colleen Brooks, is a country singer herself. She is 31. Taylor Mayne Pearl Brooks is 29, and his youngest daughter August Anna Brooks is 27. Allie Colleen posts a lot of her life as a budding country singer on Instagram.

Reba McEntire

Reba has one son named Shelby, who is 32 -years old. He was married in February of 2022, and his mom Reba sang "Fancy" at the wedding reception. Shelby marked the first anniversary of his wedding on Instagram in February.

Nancy Brooks has been working in the country music industry for almost 30 years. She has interviewed pretty much any country star you can think of. In the late 1990s, she started working with Dolly Parton. And yes, Nancy reports that Parton is as sweet as you would think. She loves her life in country music and has been backstage at every CMA Awards show since the late 1990s. Many of her stories are from her one-on-one interviews. She was there at the beginning of the incredible careers of many music superstars today, including Taylor Swift, Shania Twain, and Blake Shelton, and has interviewed them multiple times throughout the years.