Thomas Carani was born in 1990 in Augusta, Georgia. He grew up in Lincolnton, Georgia and began acting and performing on stage in 2014. He attended several universities throughout the state of Georgia before briefly marrying and settling in Augusta, Georgia. His first feature film, Die By The Sword, was shot in 2019. Carani is active in the local and regional folk music scenes in the American Southeast, and often performs traditional and original songs at historical re-creations. He has no children.