Little Big Town’s Karen Fairchild & Jimi Westbrook are married IRL

From bandmates to soulmates. Singers Karen Fairchild and Jimi Westbrook of the four-piece country group Little Big Town are not only on stage together; they are also married in real life. Find out more about the pair below.

Little Big Town is “a big marriage”

The band, who celebrate 25 years together this year and will host Little Big Town’s Christmas at the Opry in December on NBC is “a big marriage” according to Fairchild.

Westbrook joked that the group’s “wives” control the “men,” it said TODAY“It’s kind of like one big marriage — as long as (guitarist) Philip (Sweet) and I do what we’re told, everything works out fine.” Singer Kimberly Schlapman rounds out the Grammy-winning quartet.

How Karen Fairchild and Jimi Westbrook fell in love

After her divorce in 2002, Fairchild found herself single at the same time as Westbrook, and they couldn’t deny their mutual attraction, even though they hadn’t always seen eye-to-eye as bandmates.

“You should have seen the way they butted heads before they got together!” Sweet said People.

“We were like, ‘You should just do it,'” he continued, adding, “(Kimberly and I) would look at each other like, ‘They like each other!'”

Schlapman agreed, telling the publication, “We knew they were in love before they knew they were in love.”

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Fairchild remembers things a little differently and tells Us, “I think Jimi and I had a special friendship and connection that blossomed when we were both single. Sometimes you just have to cross that line and take a chance, and when we had that opportunity, we did . Of course we didn’t want to ruin the band, but we decided it was worth the risk.”

The couple married in 2006 and on March 5, 2010, they welcomed their son, Elijah Dylan Westbrook. Fairchild told Us“Jimi is my soulmate. I knew there was a deep connection there, but once you decide to be together, you find even more, and then having a child together is a beautiful, beautiful thing for us to share and a dream comes true.”

In addition to a son and a career, the couple share two dogs.

Clock Little Big Town’s Christmas at the Opry Dec. 16 on NBC

Little Big Town’s Christmas at the Opry aired on December 16 at 8 PM ET/PT on NBC. After airing, the special will be available to stream on Peacock the next day.

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