Craig Morgan Greer, born in Nashville on July 17, 1964, and raised in Kingston Springs, built a career as a country music singer, Grand Ole Opry member, actor, television personality, author, and military advocate. Influenced by artists including Gene Watson, Jim Ed Brown, John Conlee, and Merle Haggard, he worked as an emergency medical technician in Nashville after high school before enlisting in the Army. He served in the 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions, completed 10 1/2 years of active duty and 6 1/2 years in the Reserves, served overseas, was based in Nashville, Fort Campbell near Clarksville, and elsewhere in the United States and overseas, worked as a 13F forward observer, and attained the rank of staff sergeant. While based at Fort Polk, Louisiana, he pursued songwriting in Nashville on four-day weekends, became affiliated with Alabama's music publishing company, sang demos for Buddy Cannon, and was signed as an artist by Atlantic Records' Nashville division. His self-titled first album was released in May 2000, and after moving to Broken Bow Records, his album My Kind of Livin' went gold and produced the charting songs "That's What I Love about Sunday," "Redneck Yacht Club," and "I Got You." On Sept. 18, 2008, while he was performing for enlisted service members at Fort Bragg, John Conlee invited him to join the Grand Ole Opry, where he has performed regularly. He later appeared in television and film projects including Army Wives, A Welcome Home Christmas, Rizzoli & Isles, After The Storm, Morgan Family Strong, Craig Morgan-All Access Outdoors, Craig's World, and Beyond the Edge, in which he competed on behalf of Operation Finally Home. He has performed on USO tours, consistently supported military charities, advocated for service members and their families, opened Morgan Farms with his family in 2017 in Dickson for charity concerts and events, and in 2022 released a memoir and an album titled God, Family, Country.