A.J. Germaine，Autrey Germaine Jimerson aka AJ, was born in Corsicana, Texas on June 23, 1972. He and his family moved to El Paso when he was 5. When he was a young teenager they moved to Germany for a few years with his mom, JoAnn Jackson and step-dad, Army Sgt. John Jackson. In 1989 they moved back to El Paso before moving back to Corsicana in 1992.