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Lee Greenwood Wife: Who is Kimberly Payne ?

Author

Samuel Coleman

Published Feb 14, 2026

Kimberly Payne is an American beauty pageant star and performer best recognized as the wife of renowned American country music icon Lee Greenwood. Kimberly is a former Miss Tennessee USA.

Kimberly Payne was born on June 13th, 1967, in Tennessee, USA. Not much information regarding her parents, siblings and family background is available to the public.

Kimberly Payne holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in English and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communication from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. She was Tennessee’s Junior Miss in 1985 and Miss Tennessee USA in 1989.

Kimberly Payne Greenwood is the president of Greenwood Productions, Inc. which holds the State Franchises for the MISS USA & MISS TEEN USA State Pageants in Tennessee, Mississippi and Georgia. She serves as the Executive Director of the Pageants.

Kimberly Payne travelled to over 20 countries and entertained the U.S. troops on four USO tours as a performer. She tied the knot to her husband and Grammy award winner Lee Greenwood Kimberly Payne in 1992 after meeting him on a tour to the North Atlantic.