Kurland is the son of violinist and musical arranger
Sheldon Kurland. He attended Peabody Demonstration School (now
University School of Nashville) in
Nashville, Tennessee. He is a graduate of
Antioch College, where he was once the fire chief. He is married to Shannon Dee Wood, with whom he has two children. Wood was an unsuccessful candidate for the
Democratic nomination to the
United States Senate in 2000, when
Bill Frist won re-election. His sons, Julian and Ben, are the founders of
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