Amy Grant and her daughters, Sarah, Millie and Corrina, perform on stage at the Children’s Health Fund 25th Anniversary Concert at Radio City Music Hall on Oct. 4, 2012 in New York City.Photo: Kevin Mazur/WireImage
Amy Grantis the proud mom of four children.
She has three children from her first marriage to musician Gary Chapman: Matthew Garrison Chapman, Gloria Mills “Millie” Long and Sarah Cannon Besenius. Grant and Gary were married in 1982, separated in 1998 and finalized their divorce in 1999.
The “Breath of Heaven” singer welcomed her fourth child, daughter Corrina Grant Gill, in 2001 with her current husband, country singerVince Gill. The couplegot engaged and married in 2000, seven years after they first met. Vince also has a daughter, Jennifer Jerene Gill, with his ex-wife Janis Oliver.
When Grant announced their relationship toThe Tennesseanin 1998, she admitted that her daughter Millie caught on to the romance before it was public. When Millie asked her mother if Vince was her boyfriend, Grant said, “I kind of took a breath and said, ‘He is, honey. Yeah.’ ”
However, the blending of their families was not easy at the beginning. Grant said that she and her husband were “the only excited ones” at their weddingin a 2013 appearanceonKatie Couric’s show,Katie. “I laugh about our wedding day, because all of our photographs, I refer to my grim-faced children,” Grant said. “It just takes time, and it’s okay to let it.”
Corrina’s birth in 2001 changed the family dynamic. “[She’s] the glue of this whole family,” Vince toldAARP The Magazinein 2011. “She bonded all of us in a blood way that really did connect us.”
From their careers to their personal lives, here’s everything to know about Amy Grant’s kids, Matthew, Millie, Sarah and Corrina.
Matthew Garrison Chapman, 36
Amy Grant and her son Matthew Garrison Chapman.Jim Smeal/BEI/Shutterstock
Grant welcomed Matthew, her first child with Gary, in 1987 in Nashville, Tennessee.
In 2016, Matthewfounded a cannabis companycalled LabCanna in Nashville. According to hisLinkedIn, he is the president and chief technology officer of the company.
The Christian rock star and her ex-husband even helped their son start his business. Grant loaned Matthew greenhouse space on her Tennessee farm for LabCanna’s first crop, and as of 2019, the business still farmed on her property. Matthew’s dad is the company’s community outreach director.
A 2021 post on the company’s Instagram detailedhow Matthew got involved in the cannabis industryand what he does in his free time.
“Matt doesn’t spend much time away from work, but he occasionally enjoys camping as a way to get some fresh air and recharge,” read the post. “Aside from that, you can generally find him repairing, designing, fabricating or automating some goofy project at his home. It’s what he likes to do.”
Gloria Mills “Millie” Long, 34
Amy Grant and her daughter Gloria Mills “Millie” Long at Millie’s wedding.
In February 2017,Millie donated a kidneyto her best friend Kathryn Dudley, who has a rare kidney disease. “They’ve [known] each other their entire lives and when Kathryn was in need, turns out Millie was a perfect match,” Gary announced in aFacebook post. “I’m so proud of her, words fail me.”
Grant toldThe Tennesseanthat she originally couldn’t believe her daughter’s choice to donate. “Millie is not an overly affectionate person. She’ll say I love you once every few years,” Grant said. “But just when she did that, I went, ‘Oh my gosh, we live in a culture that puts a lot of weight on words and not a lot of weight on experience and action.' ”
Over two years later, in 2019, Grant and Millieshared the details of Millie’s weddingto Ben Long, whom she met on a dating app while they were both living in New York.
“We were both looking for a special connection we didn’t think we could find in a bar,” Millie told PEOPLE. “Pretty early on in the relationshipwe each knew that we had found the personwe wanted to be with.”
Sarah Cannon Besenius, 31
Amy Grant and her daughter Sarah Besenius at Sarah’s wedding.Jenny Gill Instagram
Grant and Gary had their youngest child together, Sarah, in 1992. She has a private Instagram account, but some of her siblings shared that she married Derek Besenius in November 2019.
Millie posted an Instagram tribute to her sister Sarahon her wedding day. “Filled with joy beyond measure. My beautiful sister couldn’t have picked a better partner,” she captioned the photos. Her stepsister, Jennifer, also shared photos from Sarah’s big dayon Instagram.
“My little sister got married yesterday. She was absolutely stunning. I loved seeing her so happy. Congrats sweet Sarah,” she wrote in the caption.
Sarah and Derek are also involved in her brother Matthew’s LabCanna business, per thecompany’s Instagram. Sarah is the chief operating officer and owner at LabCanna, according to herLinkedIn, and has shared that she isproud to be a womanin the cannabis industry. Derek is the chief executive officer of the business.
Sarah started working at LabCanna shortly after she attended The New School in New York City, where she graduated with a degree in urban studies/affairs in 2015.
Corrina Grant Gill, 22
Corrina Grant Gill and Amy Grant attend the first ever Eagles concert at the Grand Ole Opry House on Oct. 29, 2017 in Nashville, Tennessee.Rick Diamond/Getty
Just two days after Grant and Vince’s first wedding anniversary, on March 12, 2001, Grant and Vince welcomed their daughter, Corrina.
In July 2021, Corinna shareda photo of herself hugging Granton Instagram, with a sweet caption honoring the release date anniversary of one of her mom’s famous albums. “ ‘Heart in Motion’ is 30 today!!!!! MAN, i love my mom. #PROUDKID💐🤍,” she captioned the photo.
Corrina laterpaid tribute to her momalongside her dad during a show in Nashville in August 2022 while Grant was recovering from asevere bike accidentthat occurred over a week before.
Grant’s team shared a video of the performanceon Facebook. Corrina sang Vince’s song, “When My Amy Prays,” and she changed the lyrics to “when my mama prays” during the performance.
A year later, in November 2023, Corrina released her debut EP, “Here For Holding.” Shewrote on Instagramthat she dedicated the EP to “every person who’s held me” alongside a video compilation of her dancing, singing, laughing and crying with her family and friends.
source: people.com
