- George Jones lost his son, George Jr., to a car accident in 1983.
- Merle Haggard lost his son, Marty, to a drug overdose in 1997.
- Hank Williams Jr. lost his son, Randall, in a plane crash in 2001.
- Tammy Wynette lost her daughter, Tammy Wynette Jr., to a drug overdose in 1998.
- Charlie Daniels lost his son, Charlie Daniels Jr., to a car accident in 2003.
- Reba McEntire lost her brother, Pake, in a plane crash in 1991.
- Lorrie Morgan lost her father, George, to a heart attack in 1989.
- Toby Keith lost his father, Hubert, to cancer in 2001.
- Trace Adkins lost his brother, Frankie, to a car accident in 1994.
- Faith Hill lost her brother, Craig, to a drug overdose in 1995.