Wynonna Judd Has 2 Grown Children - More about Her Son Elijah Judd & Daughter Grace Pauline Kelley
Sophia Sparks
Published Feb 16, 2026
Wynonna Judd's children have her love and reinforce through their glad times and the darker periods. The mother of two is happy with her son Elijah Kelley and as soon as referred to as her daughter, Grace Pauline Kelley, a robust girl.
While Wynonna Judd's son, Elijah Kelly, has controlled to stick relatively beneath the radar, his sister, Grace Pauline Kelley, has done the opposite but is on the trail to redemption.
Wynonna Judd lived only a mile from her mom on their shared thousand acres of land, which gave mamaw Naomi Judd a lot of time with her grandbabies of their youth.
Wynonna Judd, with her husband Arch Kelley, and son Elijah Kelley at the Los Angeles International Airport, on June 21, 1995. | Source: Getty Images
Elijah Kelly
Wynonna had her first child, a boy named Elijah Kelly, with Nashville businessman Arch Kelley III on December 23, 1994. The singer's concurrent clinical problems, comparable to her bronchial asthma, difficult the birth.
Her mother, Naomi, used to be provide for the C-section, which she termed the "most terrifying experience" of her existence until then. However, the surgical operation went smartly, with the mummy and baby in just right health.
Naomi had a unique bond with Elijah; she shared in 2007, "With Elijah, I say, 'Whose boy are you?' He's 12 years old, so that he won't do it in public anymore, but he says, 'Mamaw's boy.'"
A day before his birthday in 2017, Wynonna posted that he had proposed to his "love of seven years," Hailey. "I am one proud Mama! Merry Christmas indeed!!!" she wrote.
Her aunt Ashley Judd took temporary custody of the child.
Hailey and Elijah married on October 17, 2020. For his birthday that year, the rustic star shared a photograph with him on his wedding day, "I look at this picture & it's hard to believe that you're married!"
Maureen McGovern, Wynonna Judd, daughter Grace and Sutton Foster backstage at "Little Women" on Broadway, on March 23, 2005. | Source: Getty Images
Grace Pauline Kelley
Of Wynonna Judd's children, Grace Pauline Kelley, born in 1996, has spawned probably the most tabloid headlines. The woman who used to bake cookies with her mamaw each and every Christmas Eve was busted for possession, manufacturing, and distribution of meth on June 14, 2016. She pled guilty on May 26, 2017.
The twenty-something has been out and in of jail a number of occasions with probation violations. Her daughter Kaliyah Chanel, conceived while on parole, was born on March 25, 2022.
Her aunt Ashley Judd took temporary custody of the kid, Wyona's first grandchild. Grace was reunited with the child when she was once rereleased on parole on December 29, 2022.
Wynonna and Grace Pauline Kelley at the "Lilo and Stitch" premiere in Hollywood, California, on June 16, 2002. | Source: Getty Images
During her daughter's first stint of parole, Wynonna Judd seemed on "The Pursuit! with John Rich" in February 2020. "I've never said this before, and so this is, as they say, 'It's exclusive,'" she said:
"I've got one on patrol, and I've got one on parole."
"My daughter is the strongest Judd woman in our 'herstory,'" she insisted, hailing the then 23-yr-old for being fitter than she used to be at that age. The singer mused that it would have been her if she had no longer been on a tour bus with her mom at a tender age.
In May 2022, in an Instagram check-in with her enthusiasts, Wyona explained that to be "a healthier grandparent" for Kaliyah, she needs "to break the cycle of addiction & family dysfunction" by way of continuing to show up for herself first and "do the personal healing work."
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