He was raised in Baldwin County. Mr. Harbison grew up in Fairhope, Alabama and attended Fairhope High School. He received his Bachelors degree from the University of South Alabama in Mobile. Mr. Harbison received his J.D. degree form the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, William H. Bowen School of Law. Mr. Harbison was a member of the Student Bar Association, a member of the American Inn of Courts, and he participated in a volunteer program where he taught a high school class on areas of the law.