To help pay his expenses while traveling the country, he began composing songs describing his lifestyle. In 1970, LeDoux became a professional rodeo cowboy on the national circuit.

They had five children: Clay, Ned, Will, Beau, and Cindy. LeDoux married Peggy Rhoads on January 4, 1972. During his junior year at Eastern New Mexico University, LeDoux won the Intercollegiate National bareback riding championship. After twice winning the Wyoming State Rodeo Championship bareback riding title during high school, LeDoux earned a rodeo scholarship to Casper College in Casper. When his family moved to Cheyenne, Wyoming, he attended Cheyenne Central High School. LeDoux continued to compete in rodeo events and played football through his high-school years. At age 13, LeDoux participated in his first rodeo, and before long was winning junior rodeo competitions. He learned to ride horses while visiting his grandparents on their Wyoming farm. The family moved often when he was a child, due to his father's Air Force career. His father was in the US Air Force and was stationed at Keesler Air Force Base at the time of his birth. He was of French descent on his father's side. LeDoux was born in Biloxi, Mississippi, on October 2, 1948. LeDoux is also the only person to participate and also perform at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo. He was awarded two gold and one platinum album certifications from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), was nominated for a Grammy Award, and was honored with the Academy of Country Music Cliffie Stone Pioneer Award. During his career, LeDoux recorded 36 albums (many self-released), which have sold more than six million units in the United States as of January 2007. Chris LeDoux (Octo– March 9, 2005) was an American country music singer-songwriter, bronze sculptor, and hall of fame rodeo champion.

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