From bandmates to soulmates. The singers Karen Fairchild and Jimi Westbrook of the four-piece country group Little Big Town not only appear on stage together; They are married in real life too. Find out more about the couple below.

Little Big Town is “a big marriage”

The band, who are celebrating their 25th anniversary together this year, will be hosting Christmas in Little Big Town at the Opry airing on NBC in December, is “a great marriage,” according to Fairchild.

Westbrook tellingly joked that the “wives” of the group controlled the “husbands.” TODAY“It’s like a great marriage – as long as (guitarist) Philip (Sweet) and I do what we’re told, everything works out well.” Singer Kimberly Schlapman rounds out the Grammy-winning quartet.

How Karen Fairchild and Jimi Westbrook fell in love

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

“You should have seen them butting heads before they got together!” Sweet said People.

“We said, ‘You just have to do it,'” he continued, adding, “[Kimberly and I]looked 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 it a little differently, tellingly 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 risk, and when we had that opportunity, we did it. Of course we didn’t want to mess up the band, but we decided it was worth the risk.

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

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

Regard Christmas in Little Big Town at the Opry December 16 on NBC

Christmas in Little Big Town at the Opry airs December 16th at 8pm ET/PT on NBC. After airing, the special will be available to stream the next day on Peacock.

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