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'Being a father changes everything'

Darius Rucker is one proud papa. The former "Hootie and the Blowfish" frontman, now a genuine country superstar with five No. 1 hits, lives in Charleston, S.C. with his wife and three children. "Being a father changes everything about you," he tells TODAY Moms in a backstage interview, after performing on the TODAY show. He credits his kids with inspiring his recent songs: "All those hits, I co

Darius Rucker is one proud papa. The former "Hootie and the Blowfish" frontman, now a genuine country superstar with five No. 1 hits, lives in Charleston, S.C. with his wife and three children. "Being a father changes everything about you," he tells TODAY Moms in a backstage interview, after performing on the TODAY show. He credits his kids with inspiring his recent songs: "All those hits, I couldn't have written any of those if I wasn't a dad." Of course, his kids aren't always his biggest fans. He says his 9-year-old tells him to use his "stage voice" when he starts singing around the house, because, she says, "your house voice is just not very good."

How do your kids inspire you?