Emmylou Harris was born in Birmingham, Alabama on April 2, 1947 to Walter and Eugenia Harris. She attended Garfield Senior High School where she graduated as Valedictorian. She then went to UNCG School of Music, Theatre & Dance at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro but dropped out to pursue her musical talents.

Emmylou married Tom Slocum in 1969, but this was a very short marriage as they divorced the following year. It was long enough, however, to produce a daughter, Mika Hallie Slocum, on March 15, 1970. In 1977 she married Brian Ahern and they were married roughly seven years. The couple had one daughter together, Meghann Theresa “M.T” Ahern, born September 9, 1979. In 1985, she married Paul Kennerley who she was married to until 1993.

The 5'5" singer-songwriter is known for songs such as “Beneath Still Waters”, “Together Again”, “Two More Bottles of Wine”.

Awards/Honors:
Grammy Awards:
1976 Best Country Vocal Performance, Female “Elite Hotel”
1979 Best Country Vocal Performance, Female “Blue Kentucky Girl”
1980 Best Country Vocal Performance, by a Duo/Group “That Lovin' You Feelin' Again” with Roy Orbison
1984 Best Country Vocal Performance, Female “In My Dreams”
1987 Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal, “Trio” with Dolly Parton & Linda Ronstadt
1992 Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal, Emmylou Harris & The Nash Ramblers at the Ryman
1995 Best Contemporary Folk Album Wrecking Ball
1998 Best Country Collaboration with Vocals “Same Old Train” with Clint Black, Joe Diffie, Merle Haggard, Alison Krauss, Patty Loveless, Earl Scruggs, Randy Skaggs, Marty Stuart, Pam Tillis, Randy Travis, Travis Tritt and Dwight Yoakam
1999 Best Country Collaboration with Vocals, “After the Gold Rush” with Dolly Parton & Linda Ronstadt
2000 Best Contemporary Folk Album Red Dirt Girl
2001 Album of the Year O Brother, Where Art Thou?
2005 Best Female Country Vocal Performance “The Connection”
2014 Best Americana Album Old Yellow Moon
Country Music Association Awards:
1980 Female Vocalist of the Year
1988 Vocal Event of the Year “Trio” with Dolly Parton & Linda Ronstadt
2001 Album of the Year O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Other Honors:
VH1’s 100 Most Influential Women in Rock & Roll – #22 out of 100
1999 Billboard’s Century Award Recipient, inducted by Sarah McLachlan
2002 CMT’s 40 Greatest Women of Country Music #5
2008 Country Music Hall of Fame Induction
2009 American Academy of Arts & Sciences Induction
2009 Berklee College of Music, awarded honorary doctorate of music
2015 Swedish Polar Prize