Does Matthew West have a wife? Does Matthew West have children?
Lily Fisher
Published Feb 20, 2026
Matthew West has a wife Emily with whom he currently lives in Nashville. They were married on May 10, 2003, after proposing to her in September 2002. The couple has two daughters.
Matthew West is an American contemporary Christian musician and singer-songwriter who was nominated for five Dove Awards in 2005, two of which were for his major-label debut album, Happy.
Matthew West’s first radio single, “More”, stayed at No. 1 on Christian Adult Contemporary charts for nine weeks and received two Dove Award nominations.
Matthew West’s third studio album, Something to Say, also enjoyed chart success with No. 1 hits “You Are Everything” and “The Motions”.
Matthew West is a multiple ASCAP Christian Music Songwriter/Artist of the Year winner and a 2018 Dove Award Songwriter of the Year (Artist) recipient.
In 2013, Matthew West’s second single, “Hello, My Name Is”, from the album Into the Light, was released and reached No. 1 for a career-best 17 consecutive weeks on the Billboard Christian Songs.
