[7] His father Barry is a general contractor for a construction company, and his mother Cindy Lou is a real estate agent.

[23] He released two new songs, "Ground I Grew Up On" and "Let There Be Country", in April 2020,[24] and performed a cover of "Life Is a Highway" on American Idol in May 2020.

[28] Following a couple televised performances (including the 2020 National Tree Lighting Ceremony), Hardy released a new single "Memorize You" in May 2021.

[32] On April 29, 2022, Hardy was arrested by the Louisiana State University Police Department and booked into the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison based on allegations that he planted a recording device in the Louisiana State University dormitory room occupied by a woman who described him as her ex-boyfriend.

[33] The warrant also alleged that Hardy, who was not an LSU student, had confessed to the woman that he bugged the room while falsely claiming that he threw the device into a pond.