Michael Lee Parrigin was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, until the age of ten, when he moved with his family to Tennessee, where culture shock and the peculiarities of country life nearly got the better of him; but that's another story. Michael currently resides in his adopted hometown of Livingston, Tennessee, with his wife Sarah, and his seven sons; Brian, aged 15, Jacob, aged 14, Jesse, aged 13, the fraternal twins Jerremiah and Joseph, aged 8, and the identical twins Daniel and David, 2. and yes, he's still sane!