Perhaps the best years for Atkins' career have been 2006 and 2007, in which four of his songs made it to the number one spot on the Billboard charts. If You're Going Through Hell (Before the Devil Even Knows) was named the number one country song of 2006, according to Billboard. Closely following this success, his next single, Watching You also made it to the number one spot of the country music charts in 2007. The album from which these songs were taken, If You're Going Through Hell, has since gone platinum, and two more singles (These are My People and Cleaning this Gun (Come on in Boy)) have reached number one on the Billboard Hot Country chart.

Besides being wildly successful, Rodney Atkins is also deeply caring. A young girl dying of cancer, Madeleine Rose Trudel (1999-2006), was given a special private performance by him in her hospital bed on October 25th, 2006. He had learned about her when someone sent him a link to her website, which chronicled her plight. To her pleasure, he played her favorite song; If You're Going Through Hell (Before the Devil Even Knows). Rodney is still pursuing his music career and has become a family man as well. He is married and has one son, Elija, who makes a cameo in the video for Watching You.