Karen Fairchild

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Karen Fairchild
Karen Fairchild, Nashville, 2024.jpg
Fairchild in 2024
Background information
Birth nameKaren Renee Fairchild
Also known asKaren Childers
Born (1969-09-28) September 28, 1969 (age 55)
Gary, Indiana, US
Origin Marietta, Georgia, US
Genres
Occupations
  • Singer
  • songwriter
  • record producer
  • manager
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • tambourine
Years active1995–present
Labels
Member of Little Big Town
Formerly of
Spouses
Mark Childers
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(div. 2002)​
Jimi Westbrook
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(m. 2006)​
Website karenfairchild.com

Karen Renee Fairchild (born September 28, 1969) is an American country music singer and songwriter. She is known as one of the founding members of Little Big Town.

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Early life

Karen Renee Fairchild was born on September 28, 1969, in Gary, Indiana, and lived in Griffith and Schererville for the first 13.5 years of her life. [1] She has an older sister, Kelley, and a younger brother, Kent.

Her father, Butch, is from Oneida, Tennessee, and worked in sales. [1] [2] Her mother, Brenda, is from Geraldine, Alabama. [1] Her parents were high school sweethearts, and moved to Indiana for her father's work before Fairchild was born. They later moved to Marietta, Georgia, where Fairchild graduated from Lassiter High School. [3]

Little Big Town

Fairchild met Kimberly Schlapman during their first week at Samford University on a bus to choir camp, bonding over both being from Georgia and mutual friends. [4] [5] They became close friends, even after Schlapman moved to Knoxville, and continued to sing together every summer at the Methodist Conference Center in Lake Junalaska, North Carolina. Fairchild moved to Nashville in 1994 to pursue a music career. [6] After reuniting in Nashville when Schlapman also moved in 1995, the two decided to form a mixed-gender quartet in 1998.

Discography

KarenLeigh studio albums

Little Big Town studio albums

References

  1. 1 2 3 Hey Maaan w/ Josh Wolf Comedy Podcast (2024-05-21). Karen Fairchild - Country Music & Mischief | Hey Maaan w/ Josh Wolf #82 . Retrieved 2025-08-25– via YouTube.
  2. ↑ Bialas, Michael; ContributorEntertainment; Journalist, Sports (2011-08-04). "Karen Fairchild Knows 'The Reason Why' There's Joy in Little Big Town". HuffPost. Retrieved 2025-08-25.{{cite web}}: |last2= has generic name (help)
  3. ↑ Ho, Rodney. "Little Big Town has strong Georgia ties". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. ISSN   1539-7459 . Retrieved 2025-08-25.
  4. ↑ "Kimberly Schlapman Shares The Earliest Memories Of Cooking With Her Mama". Southern Living. Retrieved 2025-08-25.
  5. ↑ Fisher, Kelly. "Kimberly Schlapman Shares The Story Behind Little Big Town's 'Girl Crush'". 95.3 The Bull. Retrieved 2025-08-25.
  6. ↑ "Little Big Town follows 'the road to here'". countrystandardtime.com. December 2005. Retrieved 2025-08-25.
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