Michelle Adams

The proud wife of Theodore Adams, Carrie loves nothing better than being the hostess of the family ranch. In charge of all the housemaid staff, she loves to entertain the guests with her country singing in the evening. She loves both her children equally even if some favouritism is shown to Jacob and thinks that sometimes her daughter works too hard.

A hotel come ranch owner in Dallas, Texas, Theodore Adams only has one volume. It is rare that he utters anything below the level of booming. Having inherited the ranch from his father, he is keen to pass on a work ethic at least to his youngest child. He awaits the time when he can pass on his little empire to his son.

The apple of his parents' eye, Jacob Adams gets treated like butter wouldn't melt in his mouth. His younger sister knows full well his behaviour. At the moment he is in a serious relationship with his girlfriend from Texas A&M, Tiffany. A slacker, he spends a lot of his time drinking and partying. A complete contrast to Shelly.

Born in the West End neighbourhood of Boston, Massachusetts, Robin was brought up in a middle-class Irish-Jewish family as the youngest of five children of which she was the only girl. As a result, she has a reputation for being tough-talking and very blunt, although not to the extent of being a tomboy despite the fact that she'll often admit she finds it difficult to relate to other women. A hard-working student, Robin left High School with good grades and chose to major in Computer Science at the University of Massachusetts Boston. Only a few credits short of graduating, Robin joined the Young Republicans and started to find herself increasingly interested in politics, ultimately leading her to make the decision to switch her major to Political Science with a minor in American Studies. With her parents declaring they wouldn't pay her tuition fees for another four years, however, Robin was forced to get a job. Having heard about the recently elected Republican state senator David O'Brien, Robin originally intended to apply for any job on his staff, but made quite an impression on Kitty Stewart by appearing quite suddenly and acting as though she'd already been hired. It seemed to work, however, as Robin obtained the position of Kitty's assistant soon after and has held it ever since.

Born to a middle class family in Staten Island, New York, Thomas is often described by his younger brother Jim as the boy who always wanted to grow up. Thomas knew from very early on exactly what he wanted in life, and by the time he entered New York University along with high school sweetheart Faye Brown the two were already in a serious relationship. Thomas and Faye agreed that while they didn't want to get married, they did want to have children as soon as possible. However, because Faye had been through chemotherapy to treat cancer as a child, IVF and the use of an egg donor was ultimately necessary in order for Faye to give birth to Nadia Collins when Thomas was nineteen, and he has always maintained his daughter was the best thing that ever happened to him. When Nadia was sixteen, however, Faye confessed that she'd fallen in love with another man and eventually moved away to Ottawa, Canada, taking Nadia with her. Thomas, on the other hand, decided to join his younger brother Jim in Boston, Massachusetts, where it didn't take long for the two to resume their once strong friendship and for Thomas to join Jim in working for Kitty Stewart on David O'Brien's political campaign. He has recently been promoted to Communications Director for the newly elected state senator.