Karen Fairchild

Karen Fairchild is a prominent American country singer and songwriter, best known as a founding member of the Grammy Award-winning group Little Big Town. The band, established in 1998 alongside Kimberly Schlapman, Phillip Sweet and Jimi Westbrook, has released several successful albums, including the platinum-certified Tornado, which topped Billboard’s country chart.

Fairchild is married to her bandmate Jimi Westbrook; the couple wed on May 31, 2006 and have a son named Elijah Dylan Westbrook, born on March 5, 2010.

In addition to her musical career, Fairchild has ventured into production and management. In March 2024, she teamed up with singer-songwriter Shelby Lynne, serving as her manager, producer and collaborator, for Lynne’s new projects under Monument Records.