His best known hit “Don’t Get Me Started” reached #1 on the US Country chart. Akins has also had hits with the singles “That Ain’t My Truck”, “She Said Yes”, and “Drivin’ My Life Away”. As an actor he starred in the title role of the 2000 direct-to-video film Tom Sawyer. Rhett’s son Thomas Rhett is a country singer and Rhett Akins is part of a songwriting team called The Peach Pickers.