Lyman Corbitt “Mac” or “Little Mac” McAnally, Jr. was born July 15, 1957 in Red Bay, Alabama. His father, the elder Lyman Corbitt McAnally, was a school teacher. Mac’s mother was Ella Mary McAnally. He is divorced from his wife, Vicki Hudlow-McAnally. They have three daughters, Erin, Caitlin and Alyson.

Mac is an American country music singer-songwriter, a session musician and record producer. He plays acoustic and electric guitar, the mandolin, mandola, piano, keyboards, harmonica, ukulele, and percussion. As a recording artist, a song you may be familiar with is “Back Where I Come From.” As a songwriter, he co-wrote “Precious Thing” with Steve Wariner and wrote songs for Sawyer Brown such as “The Café on the Corner”, “The Boys and Me”, and “Thank God for You.”

Honors/Awards:
2007: Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame – Induction
2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015: CMA Musician of the Year
2/24/2011 Governor’s Award for Excellence in the Arts – presented by Governor Haley Barbour, Jackson, MS
2/25/2011 Mississippi Country Music Trail Marker at Shook Park in Belmont
5/16/2012 Received star on Mississippi Arts & Entertainment Center Walk of Fame in Meridian