It is uncommon for a country music star to be born in Nashville, Tennessee. Most of them migrate to Music City to make their country music dreams come true. However, a handful of country stars were born in Nashville, and a few more come from the great state of Tennessee.

Garth, Reba, Blake Shelton, and Carrie Underwood are from Oklahoma, and Luke Bryan, Thomas Rhett, and many more are from the Peach State of Georgia. Keith Urban was born in New Zealand and Lainey Wilson and Jordan Davis hail from Louisianna.

Let’s look at those country stars who started in Tennessee, where Nashville dreams were just hours away.

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• Kane Brown – Chattanooga, Tennessee

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  Kane loves all the Georgia teams, primarily the Bulldogs, as Georgia is just minutes away from his hometown of Chattanooga, Tennessee. Moving to Nashville in his early twenties was an easy two-hour drive from his birthplace.

• Morgan Wallen – Sneedville, Tennessee

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  Morgan, like Keny Chesney, loves his Tennessee Vols from near his hometown in Knoxville, Tennessee. His move to Nashville was just under four hours away from where he was born.

• Dustin Lynch – Tullahoma, Tennessee

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  An hour south of Nashville, Dustin was playing rock music before donning a cowboy hat and moving to Nashville.
• Lady A’s Hillary Scott – Nashville, Tennessee

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  Hillary is the daughter of Linda Davis, who scored a Grammy win for her duet with Reba, "Does He Love You" in the 1990s. Hillary recalls as a child, her mom toured with Reba and she spent some time with the country icon.

• Chris Young – Murfreesboro, Tennessee

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  Chris' mom has worked in the music business for years. Young actually moved to Texas for a while to start performing in clubs and honky tonks before coming back home to make the big time in country music.

• Kelsea Ballerini – Mascot, Tennessee

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  Kelsea grew up in Knoxville, moving to Nashville with her family when she was still in high school.
• Jelly Roll – Nashville, Tennessee

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  Jelly Roll grew up in Antioch, Tennessee, a suburb of Nashville. While he did hip-hop and rap music, he just recently scored a number-one hit in country music with "Son of A Sinner."

• Kenny Chesney – Knoxville, Tennessee

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  Raised in Luttrell, Tennessee, Kenny bleeds orange and all things Tennessee Vols, his home team.

• Dolly Parton – Sevierville, Tennessee

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  Dolly drove to Nashville right after she graduated from high school in the late 1960s. In 1988, Dolly paid back her hometown area by opening Dollywood, a theme park where so many natives of East Tennessee are employed.

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