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Blake Shelton isn't the only artist in his family — he gets it from his mom, Dorothy Shackleford.

Dorothy, a songwriter, author, artist and retired hairdresser, co-wrote a holiday song with her son, "Time for Me to Come Home,” which later became the basis for a novel of the same name and inspired a Hallmark Christmas movie franchise.

The “Happy Anywhere” singer is one of Dorothy’s three children. She had one child, the late Richie, with her first husband, Ronnie Musgrove, and two children, daughter Endy Shelton Intrieri and son Blake, with her second husband, Dick Shelton.

After they divorced, Dorothy married Mike Shackleford, Blake’s first boss.

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Blake has always been close to his mom, who encouraged him to pursue his musical dreams.

“When my mom pulls into the driveway, I don’t roll my eyes like a lot of people do when they see their mom coming,” he told CMT in 2011.

“I’m excited because she’s so much fun to be