Yesterday was JAKE OWEN'S 31st birthday . . . so The Boot put together a list of "10 favorite things you may not know about him."  I was hip to a few . . . but I had no idea about the tattoo.  Here are the 10 things you may not know about Jake Owen.

1.)  The tattoo on his arm is of his wife's lips.

2.)  Jake's constant travel companion is his English bulldog, Merle.

3.)  Jake wrote all the songs on his debut album, "Startin' With Me", and all but two tunes on his second one,"Easy Does It".

4.)  His real name is Joshua.

5.)  He almost got a song on one of KENNY CHESNEY'S albums.

6.)  He's just nine credits away from a degree in English and Political Science.

7.)  His first band's name was Yee Haw Junction.

8.)  Depression led him to a career in music.

9.)  He originally planned to be a professional golfer.

10.)  He has a fraternal twin brother named Jarrod.