The youngest son of Walter Baxter “Dub” Randall and Sara Ann Elizabeth Clarke, Michael Byron Randall, known to friends and family as Michael, was born in Franklin County, Georgia on May 22, 1953. His middle name was in honor of his Uncle (his mother's brother), Byron Clarke.

Michael Randall moved to Atlanta, GA to study Architecture at Georgia Institute of Technology.

On June 7, 1986, Michael Randall married Hillary Hunter Orr (b. February 14, 1959). They had three sons:

1. Hayden Baxter Randall (b. Dec. 20, 1988) - Named in honor of Michael's father, Walter Baxter Randall.
2. Hudson Reese Randall (b. Sept. 22, 1990)
3. Hunter Byron Randall (b. June 10, 1992) - Sharing Michael's middle name of Byron.

In the summer of 1993, Michael Randall and Alex Paulson formed Randall-Paulson Architects.

Michael & Hillary divorced during October, 2000; and re-married on December 15, 2013 (during a church service in the presence of their congregation).