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GALLERY: Happy Birthday Rascal Flatts’ Gary LeVox!

Rascal Flatts’ lead singer  Gary LeVox turns 49 today as we celebrate with some great images of the trio through the years. -Nancy Brooks 51712564 1154310574

GALLERY: Happy Birthday Rascal Flatts' Gary LeVox
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Rascal Flatts' lead singer  Gary LeVox turns 49 today as we celebrate with some great images of the trio through the years.

-Nancy Brooks

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LAS VEGAS - MAY 20: Country and Western band Rascel Flatts (L-R) Joe Don Rooney, Gary Levox and Jay Demarcus at the Academy of Country Music Awards Tempur-Pedic Talent Lodge where the band received gifts as part of the Annual Country Music Awards held at Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino on May 20, 2003 in Las Vegas, Navada. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)


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LAS VEGAS - MAY 20: Country and Western band Rascel Flatts (L-R) Gary Levox, Jay Demarcus and Joe Don Rooney at the Academy of Country Music Awards Tempur-Pedic Talent Lodge where the band received gifts as part of the Annual Country Music Awards held at Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino on May 20, 2003 in Las Vegas, Navada. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)


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NASHVILLE - JUNE 10: Singer Gary Levox of the band Rascal Flatts performs at the 2004 CMA Music Festival (formerly known as FanFair) June 10, 2004 in Nashville, Tenessee. The four-day festival, the largest in country music, will be featured in a two-hour television special on CBS TV in summer, 2004. (Photo by Rusty Russell/Getty Images)


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NASHVILLE, TN - NOVEMBER 9: Gary Levox, Jay DeMarcus and Joe Don Rooney of Rascal Flatts, winners of the Vocal Group of the Year Award pose backstage at the 38th Annual CMA Awards at the Grand Ole Opry House November 9, 2004 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Rusty Russell/Getty Images)


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NASHVILLE, TN - NOVEMBER 9: (L-R) Joe Don Rooney, Jay DeMarcus and Gary Levox of Rascal Flatts accept their award for Vocal Group of the Year on stage at the 38th Annual CMA Awards at the Grand Ole Opry House November 9, 2004 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Frank Micelotta/Getty Images)


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ARLINGTON, TX - APRIL 19: (L-R) Musicians Gary LeVox, Jay DeMarcus and Joe Don Rooney of Rascal Flatts attend the 50th Academy of Country Music Awards at AT&T Stadium on April 19, 2015 in Arlington, Texas. (Photo by Jason Merritt/Getty Images)


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NASHVILLE, TN - JUNE 16: Gary Levox of the group Rascal Flatts works the crowd on the final day of FanFair, the world's largest country music festival June 16, 2002 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Rusty Russell/Getty Images)


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NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE - JUNE 06: (EDITORIAL USE ONLY) Gary LeVox (R) and Joe Don Rooney of Rascal Flatts perform onstage during day 1 of 2019 CMA Music Festival on June 6, 2019 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Jason Kempin/Getty Images)


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NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE - JULY 06: Joe Don Rooney and Gary LeVox of the band Rascal Flatts performs at Ascend Amphitheater on July 06, 2019 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Jason Kempin/Getty Images)


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NASHVILLE, TN - JUNE 11: Singer Gary LeVox of Rascal Flatts performs onstage during the 2015 CMA Festival on June 11, 2015 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Rick Diamond/Getty Images)

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.