Age, Biography, and Wiki
LeAnn Rimes was born on August 28, 1982, which makes her 42 years old as of 2025. She began her music career at a young age, rapidly gaining recognition in the country music scene. Rimes' biography is marked by early success, including winning several awards for her music. Her Wikipedia page provides a comprehensive overview of her life, career, and achievements.
| Occupation | Country Singer |
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| Date of Birth | 28 August 1982 |
| Age | 42 Years |
| Birth Place | Jackson, Mississippi, U.S. |
| Horoscope | Virgo |
| Country | U.S |
Height, Weight & Measurements
While specific details about her height and weight are not widely noted, LeAnn Rimes is known for maintaining a fit and healthy lifestyle, often sharing her wellness routines and fitness goals on social media.
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Dating & Relationship Status
LeAnn Rimes is married to actor Eddie Cibrian. The couple began dating in 2009 and married in 2011. Rimes previously was married to Dean Sheremet from 2002 to 2010. She and Eddie share a blended family with his two sons.
Born in Mississippi and raised in Texas, Rimes demonstrated a unique singing ability from a young age. Through her parents' efforts, Rimes began performing in various musical theater and local music contests. Working with her father Wilbur as producer and manager, Rimes released two independent albums as a preteen. After signing with Curb Records in 1996, she released the single "Blue", which became a top-10 hit on the American Billboard Hot Country Songs charts. Her first Curb album and third overall Blue was certified Platinum six times and established her as a major country artist. In 1997, Rimes crossed over into pop music with "How Do I Live", which became one of the best-selling singles of the 1990s. The track was included on her next album You Light Up My Life: Inspirational Songs (1997), which was certified quadruple Platinum. It was followed up with the Platinum-certified albums Sittin' on Top of the World (1998) and LeAnn Rimes (1999). In the following years, Rimes released several pop singles for soundtrack albums, which include "I Need You" and "Can't Fight the Moonlight", the latter of which became a major hit worldwide. Several of these soundtrack singles were compiled on the Platinum-certified album I Need You (2001).
Breaking away from her father's management in the 2000s, Rimes released the Gold-certified pop album Twisted Angel (2002) and the Christmas record What a Wonderful World (2004). She returned to her country origins with This Woman (2005), which produced three country hits and was certified Gold. Later album releases were Whatever We Wanna (2006), Family (2007), Lady & Gentlemen (2011), and Spitfire (2013). After ending her long-time professional relationship with Curb Records, Rimes released the Christmas album Today Is Christmas (2015) and pop studio album Remnants (2016), the latter of which featured two number one Billboard dance club hits. In the years that followed, she released the albums Chant: The Human & the Holy (2020) and God's Work (2022).
By age nine, Rimes was an experienced singer. She toured nationally with her father and also regularly performed a cappella renditions of "The Star-Spangled Banner" at the opening of the Dallas Cowboys football games. In 1991, she released her debut album Everybody's Sweetheart on an independent label called Nor Va Jak. Due to the independent album's success throughout the Dallas music community, Rimes was discovered by local disc jockey and record promoter Bill Mack. Mack was impressed by Rimes's vocal ability, and over the next three years, he made various attempts to sign Rimes to a major country music label. The center of Mack's plan to bring her success was his 1958 single, "Blue". In July 1994, Rimes included her first version of "Blue" on her second and final Nor Va Jak release, All That; she also co-wrote "Share My Love" for this album. Mack then arranged a recording contract for Rimes with Curb Records. She signed with the Nashville label in 1996.
By 1997, Rimes's parents divorced. In February 1997, Curb released Unchained Melody: The Early Years, a reissue of the previously independently released All That (1994). It was named after Rimes's cover of Alex North and Hy Zaret's 1955 standard "Unchained Melody", which was a number 3 Billboard country hit that March. Unchained Melody topped the Billboard 200 and was certified double Platinum by the RIAA. Three months later, Rimes appeared a live television special recorded at Walt Disney World in Orlando for Disney Channel in Concert. Curb released Rimes's next album You Light Up My Life: Inspirational Songs that September. It was a departure from Rimes's previous releases with more adult contemporary-styled music than country. The album was preceded by the single "How Do I Live", which became a major pop hit on the Billboard Hot 100, reaching number two. "How Do I Live" set a new record for becoming the longest-running single in Billboard Hot 100 history, spending 69 weeks on the chart. The song was ranked as the most successful song of the 1990s by Billboard magazine. The song also saw success in the United Kingdom, where it peaked at number seven and was certified Platinum. The title track from You Light Up My Life was released as the album's second single; the song peaked at number 34 on the Billboard Hot 100 and was certified Gold. You Light Up My Life topped the Billboard 200 and was certified quadruple Platinum by the RIAA the following year for shipments of four million copies.
In November 2000, Rimes sued Curb to nullify her recording contract with the label; it had originally been signed on her behalf by her parents five years earlier. In January 2001, Curb released the compilation I Need You, which consists of four previously released soundtrack appearances alongside six new tracks. Rimes publicly disowned the album; she said that it was compiled from studio outtakes and released without her knowledge or input. Despite her comments, Curb continued to promote the record and released three singles in support of the album. The first of these releases was "But I Do Love You", which had previously appeared on the Coyote Ugly soundtrack and was remixed in a country style for inclusion on I Need You. This version peaked at number 20 on the country songs chart. I Need You generally featured more pop-oriented songs than her previous releases, being described by Stephen Erlewine as "her first full-fledged pop album" with "footing squarely within adult contemporary pop". Chris Neal from Country Weekly praised the album and Rimes's vocal performance, saying that "all the songs are solid". However, he also noted that "most of the songs have only a tenuous connection to country" and said "how you feel about I Need You will largely depend on whether you see LeAnn’s shift toward pop as a positive development." In November 2001, Rimes was released from her original contract with Curb and subsequently signed a new agreement with the label under new terms. I Need You was reissued with additional tracks on March 23, 2002. The album was certified Platinum by the RIAA.
Rimes's final album with Curb, Spitfire, was released in 2013. On this project, she co-produced with keyboardist Darrell Brown and co-wrote nine of its 13 songs. Spitfire centered around Rimes's affair with future husband Eddie Cibrian and the media speculation around their relationship. "I used to get mad at the tabloids, but I should be thanking them because they helped me write this whole record," she commented. The album sold 10,798 copies in its first week and debuted at number 36 on the Billboard 200. It also debuted at number nine on the country albums chart. Sales of the album were considered "disappointing" by several news outlets, while singles released from the album failed to become commercially successful. Also in 2013, she made a guest appearance on the FX television show Anger Management.
In 2014, Rimes starred in the reality television series LeAnn & Eddie alongside Eddie Cibrian. The program aired on the VH1 network. The intention of the reality show was to "help clear the air" about their romantic relationship. "This show gave us an opportunity to take back our lives in a way and show a different side of us than what people really believe," Rimes commented. After one season, the show was cancelled by VH1.
In 1998, Rimes dated actor Andrew Keegan. When they first met, Rimes was 15 and Keegan was 19. The couple dated when Rimes and her father were involved in a lawsuit. In the same lawsuit, Rimes's father claimed that Keegan was attempting to "get his hands" on Rimes's finances. The relationship ended in 2001. According to press reports, Keegan became romantically interested in Rimes's co-star in Coyote Ugly, Piper Perabo.
Rimes began an extramarital affair with actor Eddie Cibrian, whom she worked with on the TV film Northern Lights Reports surfaced in March 2009 of the couple embracing while eating at a restaurant. Television personality Brandi Glanville, Cibrian's then-wife and mother of his two sons, filed for divorce as a result of the affair in August 2009, ending eight years of marriage. In June 2010, Rimes spoke for the first time about the end of her first marriage, stating; "I take responsibility for everything I've done. I hate that people got hurt, but I don't regret the outcome." That month, Rimes moved into Cibrian's California home. In an interview with ABC, Rimes discussed her new relationship: "What happened is not who I am, period. But I do know how much I love him. So I've always said I don't live my life with regret. I can't." In December 2010, it was announced via Billboard that Rimes and Cibrian were engaged. Rimes and Cibrian married on April 22, 2011, at a private home in California. The 40-person ceremony also included Cibrian's sons from his first marriage. In 2013, the couple bought a home in Hidden Hills, California, listed for three million dollars. By 2018, Rimes and Glanville reconciled, with Glanville stating: "I think we both grew up quite a bit, and we both love Eddie's parents. We both love the kids, and Eddie's going to be in my life for the rest of my life. [...] We're like sister wives. It's me and LeAnn and Eddie."
From the beginning of Rimes' career, father Wilbur Rimes managed his daughter and served as producer on her records. In May 2000, Rimes and her mother sued Wilbur, alleging that he took more than seven million dollars of her income over the course of five years. The lawsuit claimed that money was being taken away from Rimes personally as well as from a management company that was founded back in 1995. The suit also included her former manager, Lyle Walker, who assisted her father in management duties. The suit was filed in a district court in Dallas, Texas. Rimes sought unspecified damages because her attorney was not sure of how much money had been lost in the preceding five years. In May 2001, she was informed by a Nashville court that she could not break her contract with Curb Records. Amidst the reaction, she visibly mouthed the words, "I hate you" to her father. When Rimes was 18, she filed a lawsuit against Curb Records on her own, successfully petitioning a court to remove her position as a "minority" on the recording contract. As a result, this change made the contract binding.
In 2002, Rimes's lawsuit with her father was "settled on undisclosed terms." "It is difficult to express just how happy I am that all of the legal troubles between my daughter and I are over," Rimes's father commented. Rimes reconciled with her father for her wedding. During her wedding ceremony to Dean Sheremet, Wilbur Rimes walked his daughter down the aisle. "I've never hated my dad. I just wanted a dad. I guess I just really disliked where he was in my life. I just wanted him to be my father," she told ABC News.
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Net Worth and Salary
As of 2025, LeAnn Rimes' net worth is estimated at approximately $10 million by some sources, although there are varying estimates in the media. Her earnings come from her successful music career, film and TV appearances, and other business ventures.
Career, Business and Investments
Rimes launched her music career in the early 1990s and gained widespread acclaim with her debut album "Blue" in 1996. She has released numerous hit albums and singles, winning several awards, including three Grammy Awards. Her career spans music, acting, and writing, with four published books to her credit. Recently, she released her 17th studio album titled "God’s Work".
She is the only child of Wilbur Rimes and Belinda Butler. The family moved to Garland, Texas, when she was six. She was enrolled in vocal and dance classes, and was performing at local talent shows at the age of five. Rimes began her career in musical theatre, performing in a Dallas, Texas, production of A Christmas Carol, and almost landing the lead part in the Broadway production of Annie. After appearing on the network television competition show Star Search, where she clearly charmed host Ed McMahon in addition to being a one-week champion, Rimes decided to go into country music. Rimes appeared a number of times on Johnnie High's Country Music Revue in Arlington, Texas, which gained the attention of local talent scouts.
After signing with Curb, Rimes recorded a new version of "Blue" as a single. According to Rimes, the record company accidentally released the version she had recorded as an 11-year-old, and that it was this version that peaked at number 10 on the Billboard chart of Hot Country Songs. Critics drew comparisons to Rimes with that of Patsy Cline, to whom the song had been pitched in 1963; Mack claimed that Cline was unable to record the song before her death. A press release for the song said that Mack had been "waiting over 30 years to find the right vocalist to sing it". The song had previously been recorded by multiple artists over the years, nonetheless, the media attention to "Blue" further added to the belief that Rimes was the successor to Cline's legacy.
Rimes's first Curb album and third overall, Blue was released in 1996. The disc sold 123,000 copies in its first week. On Blue, Rimes co-wrote "Talk to Me" with Ron Grimes and Jon Rutherford. The album peaked at number one on Billboard's Top Country Albums and debuted at number three on the Billboard 200 albums chart. In March 1999, Blue was certified six times Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) In Canada, the album was certified triple-platinum by the Canadian Recording Industry Association (now Music Canada), a certification which at the time honored shipments of 300,000 copies in that country. As of 2009, it has sold over eight million copies worldwide. Shawn Haney of AllMusic considered the album to be "delightful" and that it could "help inspire other young teens". Two additional singles from the album made the top 40 on the Billboard country singles chart: "One Way Ticket (Because I Can)", which represented her highest peak on that chart at number one, and its follow-up "The Light in Your Eyes", which peaked at number five. "Blue" and "One Way Ticket (Because I Can)" both made top 10 on RPM Country Tracks, then the main country music chart published in Canada, with "Blue" being her most successful single there.
Blue's commercial success led to the first of several industry award nominations for Rimes. The title track earned Rimes her first Grammy Award at the 39th Annual Grammy Awards in 1997, in the category of Best New Artist and Best Female Country Vocal Performance; she became the youngest person to win these awards. That year, the Country Music Association also awarded Rimes the Horizon Award, becoming the youngest person ever to be nominated and win a Country Music Association award. The Academy of Country Music also awarded her as Top New Female Vocalist, Song of the Year and Single Record of the Year in 1996; she would be nominated for the latter two again in 1997.
Rimes's next Curb release was 1998's Sittin' on Top of the World. The album was given mixed reviews. James Hunter of Rolling Stone stated that Rimes "holds her own in the more popular style of Mariah Carey and Celine Dion, wherein a spectacular voice upstages a song, grins and goes on about her business." Sittin' on Top of the World debuted at number two on the Top Country Albums chart and at number three on the Billboard 200. The project spawned the number four Billboard country hit "Commitment", the Top 20 Pop hit "Looking Through Your Eyes" from the soundtrack of the 1998 film Quest for Camelot, and the number 10 country hit "Nothin' New Under the Moon". In July, the album was certified platinum by the RIAA for shipments of one million copies.
In 2022, Rimes released the album God's Work. Rimes celebrated her 25th year in the music industry with a special CMT Crossroads episode featuring Carly Pearce, Brandy Clark, Ashley McBryde and Mickey Guyton airing on April 14, 2022. In April 2023, Rimes collaborated with Tenille Arts on "Jealous of Myself".
Rimes has credited performers of different musical styles as career influences, including Alanis Morissette, Reba McEntire, Wynonna Judd, Judy Garland, Barbra Streisand and Whitney Houston. Early in her career, Rimes commented on McEntire's influence with The New York Times: "If I had to model my career after anyone it would have to be Reba. She's made some great business decisions in her career to stay around for 20 years, and my biggest goal right now is to stay around for a long time."
Rimes has been categorized in the musical genres of country, pop, contemporary Christian, adult contemporary, pop rock, and dance-pop. Rimes began her career rooted in the country genre with her debut Curb release Blue and its subsequent country chart hits. Further releases such as "How Do I Live" and the album Sittin' on Top of the World demonstrated a more adult contemporary style. Rimes has also been described as a dance-pop artist, with releases such as "Can't Fight the Moonlight" and the album Twisted Angel. Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic found that while she dabbled in many styles, Rimes was tied to the country genre: "During the decade that separated "Can't Fight the Moonlight" and Remnants, Rimes dabbled in pop, but she remained anchored in country music, regularly placing on Billboard's Country Top 40 and occasionally landing a big hit."
Shortly after the couple parted ways, Rimes met dancer Dean Sheremet at the 36th Academy of Country Music Awards in 2001. By December, the pair became engaged. In 2002 and at age 19, Rimes married Sheremet in a church ceremony in Dallas, Texas. In 2003, the couple purchased a 1.7 million dollar home, located in Nashville, Tennessee. In 2007, Sheremet directed the choreography for Rimes's single "Nothin' Better to Do". According to People, the couple spent more time apart in later years of their marriage as Rimes devoted energy towards an acting career in Los Angeles while Sheremet remained in Nashville. In July 2009, the couple separated and in September, Rimes announced their plans to divorce. The divorce was finalized on June 19, 2010, exactly six months after Sheremet filed divorce documents for dissolution of marriage.
Social Network
LeAnn Rimes is active on various social media platforms, where she engages with her fans and shares updates about her life, music, and personal interests.
Rimes has also had several notable television film roles. She began her acting career with the film Holiday in Your Heart (1997). After appearing in the television film Northern Lights (2009), Rimes began an affair with co-star Eddie Cibrian which received notable media attention. She has since appeared in Good Intentions (2010), Reel Love (2011), and It's Christmas, Eve (2018). In 2024, she was featured as a coach on The Voice Australia and The Voice UK.
In 2011, Rimes released her twelfth studio album Lady & Gentlemen. Rimes co-produced it along with country singer Vince Gill. The album contained covers of country songs originally recorded by male artists that Rimes re-recorded from a female perspective. Entertainment Weekly's Mikael Wood concluded that "The result is predictably solid, though it rarely sheds new light on the top-shelf material." The album's cover of John Anderson's "Swingin'" was nominated for a Grammy award. Lady & Gentlemen also featured two tracks which were original recordings: "Crazy Women" and "Give". Both tracks were released as singles and were minor hits on the Billboard country chart. The same year, Rimes starred in the television film Reel Love. The film aired on Country Music Television and also starred actor Burt Reynolds. She also had a guest role on the television show Drop Dead Diva.
In 2016, Rimes signed with RCA UK, an imprint of Sony Music Entertainment, and released a cover of Brandi Carlile's "The Story". It was included on her fifteenth studio album titled Remnants. First issued in the United Kingdom in 2016, Remnants was later released in the United States in February 2017. The album reached number 15 on the UK Albums Chart and number 88 on the Billboard 200. The album spawned the singles "Long Live Love" and "Love Is Love Is Love" which topped the Billboard Dance Club Songs chart; "Love Line" was released as the album's final single and peaked at number 5. In 2017, Rimes made a cameo appearance in the film Logan Lucky where she sang "America the Beautiful".
Rimes's voice has been described as a soprano. She has often been described by critics as having "powerhouse vocals". Critics took notice from her earliest recordings. Entertainment Weekly's Don McLeese commented, "Though 'Young Country' doesn't get much younger than Rimes, she already shows more poise and maturity than many artists twice her age." In similar vein, The Washington Post wrote in 2005 "Rimes's voice is far and away her strongest selling point. Rich and worldly, it belied her young age -- especially when she tackled a vintage-sounding country song like 'Blue'." From a young age, Rimes also chose material that was considered beyond her years. In her first album, Rimes recorded such material as Deborah Allen's "My Baby", whose lyrics say, "my baby is a full-time lover, my baby is a full-grown man." Other material such as Diane Warren's "How Do I Live" had also been considered too mature for Rimes's age and was the main reason why her version of the song was not chosen to be used in the soundtrack for the film Con Air.
In 2008, she opened up about her lifelong struggle with the autoimmune disease psoriasis. She participated in a PSA to raise awareness about the disease. In August 2012, one day after her birthday, Rimes checked into treatment for anxiety and stress. "This is just a time for me to emotionally check out for a second and take care of myself and come back in 30 days as the best 30-year-old woman I can be," she explained. In March 2014, Rimes's jaw became dislocated while performing, ending her concert encore early. Rimes attributed the dislocation to temporomandibular joint dysfunction, a disorder of the jaw joint and surrounding muscles. She has publicly posted about her struggles with this disorder via Twitter. In 2020, following a stress-related flare up of psoriasis, Rimes posed for a nude photo shoot for Glamour magazine as part of her efforts to raise awareness and acceptance about the disease on 2020 World Psoriasis Day (observed October 29). Later that year, she told People magazine that in addition to anxiety and stress, she was also suffering from depression in 2010: "It's something I've been very vocal about, because I feel like there's so much stigma around it."
Education
There is limited information available about LeAnn Rimes' formal education. Her focus from a young age was on developing her music career.
This article provides an overview of LeAnn Rimes' life, career, and financial status, highlighting her achievements and impact on the music industry.
In July 2014, Rimes announced that she would release three Christmas extended plays over the course of the next three years. In October 2014, the first of these planned EPs was released, One Christmas: Chapter 1, issued through Iconic Entertainment. It included the lead single, a cover of Gayla Peevey's "I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas". The EP peaked at number 20 on the Top Country Albums chart and number 35 on the Top Holiday Albums list. To promote the project, Rimes embarked on the "One Christmas Tour", which toured the United States in the winter of 2014. Rimes's original plan of multiple EP releases was dropped and replaced with a full-length holiday album in 2015. That year she released Today Is Christmas through Prodigy Entertainment. A duet of "Celebrate Me Home" with Gavin DeGraw was included. The record reached number two on the Holiday albums chart and number nine on the Country Albums chart.
