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Kix Brooks

Leon Eric "Kix" Brooks III (born on May 12, 1955) is an American country music artist, best known for being one half of the duo Brooks & Dunn
Brooks grew up in Shreveport, Louisiana
He has one sister, one half-sister, one half-brother and his father adopted one son of his third wife
He attended Riverside Elementary for grades K-5
After graduating from the former Sewanee Military Academy, an Episcopalian institution in Sewanee, Tennessee, Brooks attended Louisiana Tech University in Ruston, where he was a theatre arts major He moved to Alaska to work for his father on an oil pipeline for one summer and then returned to Louisiana Tech to finish his education
He then moved to Maine and wrote advertising for a company owned by his sister and brother-in-law
His father urged him to pursue his desire to become a musician, and Kix moved to Nashville in the early 1980s
His then girlfriend (now wife Barbara, with whom he has a son and daughter) followed shortly thereafter
He began working for Tree Publishing as a staff songwriter
He recorded his first solo single, Baby, When Your Heart Breaks Down, for Avion in 1983 but returned to songwriting after its failure
He also released an album, Kix Brooks, in 1989 on Capitol Records
This album also featured the song "Sacred Ground", which became a #2 country hit for McBride & the Ride in 1992
He was one half of country music duo Brooks & Dunn
Brooks usually provides backing vocals on their songs and singles
The singles featuring Brooks on lead vocals include, "You're Gonna Miss Me When I'm Gone", which went to Number One, Lost and Found, and "Rock My World (Little Country Girl)"
He has not sung lead on any of the duo's singles since 1999's "South of Santa Fe"
On August 10, 2009, Brooks & Dunn announced to their fans, via their website that they intended to disband after 20 years of touring