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Overstreet was born in Nashville, Tennessee, the son of make-up artist Julie Miller and country music singer-songwriter Paul Overstreet. He has an older brother, an older sister, Summer, and three younger sisters, Harmony, Skye and Charity. He is of German, Irish, English and Native American descent. He was named after the musical term of the same name. His brother, Nash, is also a musician, and is a member of the band Hot Chelle Rae. Overstreet was raised on a farm outside of Nashville. Encouraged by his parents to pursue music, he started playing the mandolin at an early age, and moved on to the drums, flute, piano, and guitar. He is also a songwriter, but is unsigned. In his teenage years, he modeled for advertisements for Famous Footwear and Gap.

Overstreet began to pursue his passion of performing after his high school graduation in 2007. After two unsuccessful years, Overstreet started his acting career on the web series Private, as Josh Hollis. He was also featured in an episode of iCarly iSpeed Date (for a few minutes) and the unaired pilot of No Ordinary Family. His first film role was that of Teenage Boy in the 2009 thriller The Hole, and he will star in the 2011 film A Warrior's Heart as Dupree, alongside Ashley Greene and Kellan Lutz.

On July 1, 2011, TVLine's Michael Ausiello broke the news that Overstreet's contract option to become a series regular on Glee had not been picked up for season 3, but that he could possibly come back as an occasional guest star. In reaction to the announcement, fans launched a campaign to promote Overstreet's cover of "Billionaire" and various tags related to the actor, most notably "#dontcutthechord" began trending on Twitter. The song made its way into the iTunes Top 5 "Glee" charts during the campaign.