after finishing a four-year stint in hollywood filming a popular television show called "sing it loud!", actress liv rooney returns to her birthplace of stevens point, wisconsin to the open arms of her family, despite being offered more roles in other shows and movies. liv decided to come home because she missed her family and wanted to see them again. she is happily reunited with her identical twin sister maddie. maddie is her best friend. liv is a girly girl. she enjoys anytime someone mentions her former career. maddie is a tomboy with a talent for basketball. she is the captain of her school's basketball team. the twins have two younger brothers. they are joey and parker. joey is a typical awkward teen. he is one year younger than the twins. parker is a clever tween. he has a mischievous personality. parker is the youngest child of the rooney family. their father pete is the coach for maddie's basketball team. he eventually achieves his dream of becoming the coach of a college team in beloit, wisconsin. their mother karen is the school psychologist and later vice principal starting in the second season.