Personal Life
Burnett graduated from Central Arkansas Christian Schools. His off-season home is in Monkton, Maryland. He got his first tattoo, a drawing of his pitching motion on his left calf, while playing in the minors, and later added others including an Aztec symbol that can be seen on his right leg in a Blue Jays commercial and an image of Bruce Lee on his left triceps.
Burnett and his wife, Karen, have two children, Ashton and A. J. Jr. In December 2010, it was reported on ESPN that Burnett and his wife were divorcing. Burnett denied the report.
He was diagnosed with Gilbert's syndrome, a rare but benign genetic defect in the liver in which bilirubin conjugation ability may lead to mild jaundice under certain conditions.
He currently resides in Monkton, Maryland.
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