Rushlow was born on October 6, 1966, in Midwest City, Oklahoma, at Tinker Air Force base to a musical family.

He and Dwayne O'Brien, the group's rhythm guitarist, met in Arlington, Texas, in 1984 when they went to James Martin High School and were in choir under Randy Jordan.

[4][5] Rushlow then moved over to the independent Scream Recordings label where his album was re-issued under the title Crazy Life.

This new group was signed to Lyric Street Records that year, reaching the Top 20 on the Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart with "I Can't Be Your Friend".

By 2004, four of Little Texas' founding members reunited, but neither Rushlow nor original keyboardist Brady Seals joined the re-established band.