Children: Daughter Lillan "Lily" Alice Hiatt with his second wife. Son Robert Hiatt and daughter Georgia Rae Hiatt with his third wife.
To escape the stress of his early life, he watched IndyCar racing and listened to Elvis Presley, Bob Dylan and the blues.
On June 25, 2019, The New York Times Magazine listed him among other artists whose material was reportedly destroyed in the 2008 Universal Studios fire.
He was awarded a star on the Music City Walk of Fame in Nashville, Tennessee on April 22, 2007.