Karen Renee Fairchild was born September 28, 1967 in Gary, Indiana and raised in Marietta, Georgia along with sister Kelly. She attended Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama. She has been married twice. Her second husband is fellow Little Big Town band member Jimi Westbrook. They married on May 31, 2006 and have one child, Elijah Dylan Westbrook who was born March 5, 2010 in Nashville.