- As a child, Samuel Timothy McGraw idolized pitcher Tug McGraw and has his baseball card taped to his bedroom wall. When he was age 11, he learned that Tug was actually his biological father.
- His song "Live Like You Were Dying" is a tribute to his late father Tug McGraw who passed away on January 5, 2004.
- Did not know who his father was until he found his birth certificate which listed him, Frank McGraw, professional baseball player. Took McGraw's surname subsequently.
- He was salutatorian of his high school class in 1985.
- His song "She's My Kind of Rain" was about his wife Faith Hill.
- Attended Florida Community College at Jacksonville for one term and occasionally attended for one time with local bands.
- Has three daughters with Faith Hill: Gracie Katherine McGraw (born May 5, 1997), Maggie McGraw (aka Maggie Elizabeth McGraw (born August 12, 1998)) and Audrey Caroline McGraw (born December 6, 2001).
- He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 6901 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on October 17, 2006.
- Attended Northeast Louisiana University on a baseball scholarship and is a member of the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity.
- In 2007, Forbes magazine estimated his earnings for the year at $37 million.
- Tim's maternal grandfather was of Italian descent, and one of Tim's paternal great-grandmothers, Marie Suchanek, was a Bohemian (Czech) immigrant. The rest of Tim's ancestry is Irish, Scots-Irish (Northern Irish), English, Scottish, and distant Dutch, German, and French Huguenot.
- His song "Live Like You Were Dying" won both Single of the Year and Song of the Year at the 2004 CMA Awards.
- In 2015, Forbes magazine estimated McGraw's actual income at $38 million.
- Holds a private pilot license and owns a single-engine Cirrus SR22.
- Has produced albums for singer Jo Dee Messina.
- Inducted into the Italian-American Hall of Fame in June 2004.
- Half-brother of Mark McGraw. Distant cousin of Laura Collins.
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