He was born in Marietta, Georgia, in 1963. Tritt fell in love with music as a child. He taught himself to play guitar when he was eight years old, and he started writing songs when he was 14. While Travis was determined to be a musician, his parents had other ideas. His mother encouraged him to sing, but she preferred gospel; his father thought he'd never be good enough to make any money. Tritt tried to settle down and pursue a conventional family life. He married and divorced twice before he was 22. Tritt worked several different jobs while continuing to play music. While working for an air-conditioning company, he found encouragement from the company's vice president, a guitarist who suggested Tritt pursue his music. Tritt took the advice of his boss and began working at music full-time.

Tritt's southern rock-infused country style and nonconformist attitude (he refused to wear a hat though virtually all country singers do) caught the attention of Warner Brothers. The label signed him in 1989 and released his debut album, Country Club, in 1990. Even though he was becoming very successful, the Nashville music industry had not completely fallen for Tritt. His music and stage show relied too much on rock 'n' roll, and his image didn't conform to the stereotypical country star. Nevertheless, his second album, It's All About To Change, was a breakthrough. With a new manager (Ken Kragen) and a new marketing strategy, Tritt found a huge audience, catapulting It's All About To Change to multi-Platinum status.

His hit-packed catalog now boasts one Gold album, one Platinum, four double-Platinum and one triple-Platinum. Besides these achievements, he's earned a Grammy, four Country Music Association Awards, and, in 1991, he gained membership in the Grand Ole Opry. Three of Tritt's music videos have been ranked among CMT's top videos of the year.

At the core of Tritt's appeal is his instantly recognizable and always impassioned voice. While he was becoming one of the genre's most recognizable voices, Tritt was also becoming one of its most visible entertainers. He has appeared in made-for-TV movies, and he has provided half-time entertainment for a half billion people at 1993's Super Bowl. In the spring of 1998, Tritt spent nearly a month in Spain, acting with Willie Nelson and Kris Kristofferson in a CBS-TV western, Outlaw Justice.

Tritt is co-producing his own albums now and has backed-off touring to be able to spend as much time at home as he can with his wife, daughter and son. Tritt confesses his excitement over his album, No More Looking Over My Shoulder. His eighth collection for Warner Brothers is substantially magnified by his excitement at having children. As he states on the Warner Web site, "Theresa and I feel blessed to have two healthy children and the family that she and I have dreamed of."

Tritt marked 1999 with his induction into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame in the Performer of The Year category. He also signed with Sony Records in Nashville. In 2000, he released Down The Road I Go featuring the No. 1 country single, "Best of Intentions," which crossed over to the Top 30 on the pop charts. He backed the album with a tour that would take him into 2001.