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Tim McGraw is a family man through and through, raising his three daughters Gracie, Audrey, and Maggie with the help of wife Faith Hill.MORE: Tim McGraw sends 1883 fans wild with unexpected throwback photo from setHowever, the country star had a fraught childhood of his own, involving struggling to make ends meet at times and a difficult family structure.VIDEO: The true story behind how Tim McGraw and Faith Hill fell in loveHe was raised by his mother Betty and stepfather Horace Smith, with two younger half-sisters from their marriage.Tim has commended his mother for raising him and his sisters when times were tough, given she had him quite young and didn't get to graduate high school as a result.MORE: Tim McGraw and Faith Hill's $60million property portfolio including private Bahamas island"I'm so proud of her," he said in an Instagram video on her birthday. "She worked her butt off, working three jobs when we were kids and raising me and my sisters.

Tim McGraw is a loving husband and father and has found the most incredible success throughout his decades-spanning career.MORE: Tim McGraw reveals traumatic injury at the hands of wife Faith Hill However, the 1883 star – who shares three daughters, Grace, 25, Maggie, 23, and Audrey, 20, with wife Faith Hill – could have had a very different life had he not accidentally discovered who his father was when he was just 11 years old.WATCH: Tim McGraw and Faith Hill's love storyTim was raised by his stepdad, Horace Smith, but after stumbling across his birth certificate, he found out that his dad was none other than former New York Mets and Philadelphia Phillies baseball player, Tug McGraw.Tim and Tug had a complicated relationship to begin with. They first met a few months after Tim's discovery, but then had no contact with each other until Tim was 18.MORE: Tim McGraw & Faith Hill in tears amid heartbreaking memory involving daughtersMORE: Faith Hill to face heartbreaking day ahead following tragic death – details"I think a lot of people don't realize I didn't grow up with Tug," he said during an appearance on Today in 2019.