Name	Jake Owen
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Naionality	American
Date of Birth	August 28, 1981
Place of Birth	Vero Beach, Florida, USA
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Jake Ryan Owen and his fraternal twin brother Jarrod Owen were born in [Winter Haven, Florida]] on August 28, 1981. Both brothers regularly participated in a variety of sports. Jake eventually took up golf,and began pursuing a career as a professional golfer, winning his first golf tournament at age fifteen. After graduating high school, both Owen brothers attended Florida State University, However, a waterskiing accident which resulted in reconstructive surgery left him unable to continue playing the sport.

While recovering from his injuries, he borrowed a neighbor's guitar and began to teach himself how to play it. After seeing a guitarist performing at a campus bar, Owen asked the bar's owner if he could play a gig there. Eventually, Owen became a regular at the bar, and soon took up writing his own material as well He then moved to Nashville, Tennessee, making his first stop at a bank to open a savings account there; after telling the bank teller that he was a singer and songwriter, the teller then asked if he had any recordings available. Owen gave her a CD of his songs, which she sent to the Warner/Chappell Music publishing company.