- Daughter, Julianna Tex Robison, was born at 9:19 pm weighing 6 lbs 10 oz, followed ten minutes later by the arrival of twin 'Henry Benjamin Robison', weighing 6 lbs 14 oz. (April 14, 2005)
- Son, Charles Augustus Robsion, is known as "Gus".
- (November 11, 2002) He and his wife Emily Strayer, welcomed their first child, son Charles Augustus Robsion, 8 lbs 13 oz.
- Brother-in-law of singer Kelly Willis (Bruce's wife).
- Ex-brother-in-law of singer Martie Maguire (Emily's sister) of the The Chicks.
- Ex-husband of singer Emily Strayer of the The Chicks.
- Older brother of singer Bruce Robison.
- Friend of Adrian Pasdar. The two met in the late 1980s.
- Was originally to play the main character in his friend Adrian Pasdar's directorial debut Cement (2000). Pasdar directed Robison in two music videos: "My Hometown" and "Barlight".
- He was an American country music singer-songwriter.
- He returned to Billy Bob's as part of his first tour since 2018, playing at the same venue where he first played in 1999.
- In 2003, Robison was a judge on the first season of the TV singing competition Nashville Star.
- His song "Good Times" was featured in the credits of HBO's original series True Blood in the first season's third episode.
- In September 2014, Robison opened Alamo Icehouse in San Antonio, Texas, with former Major League Baseball player Brooks Kieschnick.
- After a knee injury at Southwest Texas State University ended a potential football career, Charlie Robison came to Austin, Texas in the late 1980s and had stints in the bands Chaparral, Millionaire Playboys, and Two Hoots and a Holler.
- On September 24, 2018, Robison announced that due to complications from surgery, he was permanently unable to sing, and that he was regretfully officially retiring from stage and studio.
- Unhappy with the expectations & limitations of being a Nashville country artist, he moved to a smaller independent label, Dualtone, for "Good Times" in 2004, followed by extensive touring and newfound control over his career. Accordingly, his sound began to evolve away from mainstream/Nashville country and toward more Southern & hard rock influences.
- Five years after the release of Good Times, Robison released Beautiful Day on June 23, 2009, on Dualtone. This was the first CD he self-produced. Both albums featured several songs written by Nashville singer-songwriter Keith Gattis.
- In 2006, Charlie Robison performed "Wildman from Borneo" on the Kinky Friedman tribute "Why the hell not..." The songs of Kinky Friedman.
- He appeared on Kindred Spirits: A tribute to Johnny Cash, singing "Don't Take Your Guns to Town".
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