Country performer, songwriter, and producer Shane McAnally started writing songs when he was six and performing at the age of 12, in his hometown of Mineral Wells, Texas. By age 15, he was a featured performer at the Texans Theater in Branson, Missouri. After his run at the theater, he went back to Texas where he performed at the Johnny High Music Review, as well as at various festivals. He realized, while studying accounting at the University of Texas at Austin, that music was his passion, and he relocated to Tennessee.