Johnny Adams is a life-long resident of Bullock County. Other than practicing law, Adams is a co-owner of the Union Springs Herald, LLC and owner of Johnny Adams Tax Service, LLC and East Montgomery Realty, LLC. He has served as a Bullock County Commissioner since 1996. He married to Shirley Rowland Adams in 1990. They have two daughters, Abby Adams and Leslie Harris; a son-in-law, Riley Harris; and one granddaughter, Olivia Claire Harris.