After Krystal Keith expressed an interest in singing, her dad Toby Keith suggested that she get through college first — and she did. "He didn't want the industry to beat me up on being young and inexperienced," she told Children of Song. "His example was LeAnn Rimes. When she came out, she was so young and had this big huge voice that was amazing ... but then as she grew up people still saw her as a kid."
Before finding her footing in country music, Krystal married in 2010, per The Oklahoman. She and husband Drew Sandubrae share two children — Hensley Jack Sandubrae who was born in October of 2015 and Kirby Kaye Sandubrae who made her arrival in 2019. "When you thought you had loved as big as you ever could. And then in a single moment, the size of that love doubles," she wrote in a touching Instagram post after Kirby's birth. "We are happy and healthy. Hensley Jack is the best big sister and Drew is way outnumbered with a house full of girls and wouldn't change a thing."
With both parenthood and country music in common, it is little surprise that Toby and Krystal Keith have a strong relationship. His commitment to being present in her life even while on the road surely taught her a thing or two about balancing work and family life.
