"Small Town Southern Man" is a song written and recorded by American country music artist Alan Jackson.

[1] Described by the magazine Country Weekly as a "loping, fiddle-and-steel-guitar-driven song",[1] "Small Town Southern Man" is set in a moderate tempo and composed of three verses.

Its lyrics tell of the life of Jackson's father, and how he was "raised on the ways and gentle kindness of a small town Southern man".

Despite several similarities between his life and the song, Jackson said it wasn't a tribute to his father or a grandfather, although he did draw from his own ancestry as an inspiration.

This is especially evident in the line, "First there came four pretty daughters for the Small Town Southern Man, then a few years later came another, a boy; he wasn't planned," (Jackson has 4 sisters, is the youngest and only son).