Morgane Stapleton (pronounced "Morgan"; néeHayes; born January 25, 1983) is an American singer-songwriter and the wife of Chris Stapleton.[1][2] She performs background, harmony and duet vocals in her husband's band, was instrumental in the creation of his debut album Traveller, and has contributed to all of his subsequent projects, including co-producing his fifth album Higher. A songwriter in her own right, she has written material that has been recorded by Carrie Underwood, Kellie Pickler and LeAnn Rimes among others[3] and also appeared as a background session vocalist on records by Underwood, Pickler, Lee Ann Womack and Joe Nichols.
Morgane is married to singer-songwriter Chris Stapleton, whom she met while they were working at adjacent publishing houses.[5] The Stapletons have five children: a son born in 2009, a daughter born in 2010, twin sons born in 2018, and a son born in 2019.[6]