In 1982, Joe got married to Janise Parker. Janise Parker is his college sweetheart. He got married to her when he was still in his college life. As a married couple, they welcomed two children together. However, this married life was dissolved in 1986.
Two years later after being divorced from his first wife, Joe got married to Debbie Jones. Debbie Jones is a nurse technician. They also became parents twice after being married. They got divorced in 1996.
In 1993, Joe began his romantic love affair with Liz Allison. Liz Allison is the widow of NASCAR driver Davey Allison. This affair was the main reason that dissolved his second married life.
In 2000, Joe got married for the third time in his life and that was with Theresa Crump. He met her for the first time in a concert. He also has a daughter, Kylie Tarissa with her.
As Joe was born in a musical family, he was influenced by music since he was child. At the age of 4, he also appeared in his aunt's country music band as a performer. His father was a guitarist and his mother was a vocalist. He began listening to their songs and he also got his mother's sweet voice. Besides his musical career, he was also an avid sportsman. He was named the Best All-Around Male Athlete while he was in high school. He graduated from there and then he joined Cameron University. He joined a medical school but his dream took a different direction while he was in his senior year and then he dropped out from Cameron University. He took the job of a truck driver and he also worked in a foundry. He began his musical career from a gospel group called Higher Purpose and then he joined Special Edition. He was finally able to release his debut album, A Thousand Winding Roads on 7th of September 1990. His second album, Regular Joe was released in early 1992. His net worth is said to be around $36 million dollars.