Evans was born on July 14, 1978, in Dallas, Texas. He is the son of Dr. Tony Evans and Lois Evans. His father, a Christian radio personality, is senior pastor at the megachurch Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship in Dallas. He has one brother – Jonathan – and two sisters: Chrystal and Priscilla, the latter a best-selling author. Evans graduated from Liberty University. Evans starred in Caged No More, a Christian faith-based film about sex trafficking. In 2018 he performed live at the Independence Day reception of the U.S. Embassy Berlin in Germany.
Music career
On June 8, 2004, Evans released his debut studio album entitled Even More with the record label Epic Records. The follow-up second studio album was released on March 7, 2006, titled Letting Go with Integrity Music. His third studio album would come out on June 10, 2008, entitled The Bridge that was released under the EMI Gospel label. On October 2, 2009, Evans released his first ever Holiday album with INO called What Christmas Means. The fourth studio album by Evans was titled Undisguised, which came out on January 26, 2010, with INO Records that later became Fair Trade Services. Evans released his fifth studio album on November 15, 2011, titled Home through Fair Trade Services.
''The Voice''
Evans appeared on the second season of NBC's The Voice. In the blind audition broadcast on February 20, 2012, he sang "What's Going On" from Marvin Gaye. Only Christina Aguilera turned her chair during the blind audition, with the other three abstaining. On Team Aguilera as a default, he was put in the Battles round against another Aguilera contestant, Jesse Campbell. On an episode broadcast on March 5, they both sang the Alicia Keys song "If I Ain't Got You", with Aguilera opting to keep Campbell after an epic musical confrontation. The show hadn't installed the "steal option" for other judges yet, so Evans was eliminated from the show.
''Real Life/Real Worship''
After The Voice, Evans released his sixth studio album on April 8, 2014, called Real Life/Real Worship with Fair Trade Services. It proved to be commercially his most successful album release. The album charted on the Billboard on the week of April 26, 2014, at number 60 most sold album in all the United States by the Billboard Hot 200. The album made it also to number 4 on the Top Christian Album chart the same week. In addition, the album reached number 2 on the most sold Top Gospel Albums chart.
