
10 Things You Didn’t Know About Keith Urban: No. 10
10. He's an old farm boy.
While Urban's father ran a convenience store, the would-be singer got his hands dirty tending to animals on the farm. According to People, he learned ukulele and how to milk cows -- though likely not at the same time; he also collected the eggs from chickens and cleaned out the pigsty. Urban may be one of country music's prettiest faces now, but he has never been afraid to get muddy.
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