Animator CullingMode From "Cull Update Transforms" To "Always Animate" breaks object positions

Everything works fine when I set the Culling Mode to Cull Update Transforms. When I switch the Animator components Culling Mode to Always Animate it breaks the object positions. Here is an image of when it works (`Cull Update Transforms`):

and here is what it looks like when I change literally nothing else except changing Cull Update Transforms -> Always Animate:

Anyone experience this before? Any help that can be provided would be really great.