He and his wife, Katherine Heigl, adopted a baby girl from Korea, Nancy Leigh Kelley (born November 23, 2008). She will go by the nickname Naleigh (September 18, 2009).
His younger brother, Charles Kelley, is also a singer with Lady A, and has released his own albums, "2 the 9's" and "I Could Stay".
Graduated from Lakeside High School in Evans, Georgia (1998).