Garrett was born and raised in Alliance, Nebraska. After studying at the University of Wyoming, he left school to join the cast of STOMP at the Orpheum Theater in New York's East Village. Over the next five years, STOMP would take him to a dozen countries and numerous U.S. cities with a year-long stop in Las Vegas' STOMP OUT LOUD at the Planet Hollywood Resort. Upon settling in Los Angeles, Garrett became a member The Echo Theater Company and plays around town with his Americana band, Everly Snodgrass.