She learned to play guitar at age 16.

Her father taught music in elementary schools.

Married champion rodeo cowboy Ty Murray.

Friends with actor/activist Sean Penn, who directed an early version of a music video for “You Were Meant For Me.” in 1995. A later version was made in 1997 and that is the version we know today.

On behalf of the Everyday Angels, The International Star Registry redesignated the star number Ursa Minor 15h38m42s 75°58’37” to the name Jewel Kilcher (Jewel of the North). [23 May 1997]

Her grandfather helped draft the Alaska state constitution.

Jewel once played “Dorothy” in a play of “The Wizard Of OZ”.

Is able to speak some Swedish. When she was 18, she had a Swedish boyfriend, named Musse, from whom she learned it. She also wrote him a lullaby song in Swedish, which she has performed at concerts and on TV appearances.

Broke collarbone and rib when thrown from a colt at the Stephenville, Texas, ranch of her rodeo-star boyfriend star Ty Murray, April 24, 2002. Murray is 7-time winner of rodeo’s all-around world title.

Attended the world-renowned Interlochen Arts Academy, an exclusive boarding school, in Interlochen, Michigan.

She is one of the many artists and songwriters asked to join Music United For A Strong Internet Copyright (MUSIC), but she is still undecided as to whether the all-star ad campaign is an effective means of putting a stop to illegal downloading. (October 3, 2002)

Her cousins are actress/singer Q’orianka Kilcher and actor Kainoa Kilcher.

Father’s name is Atz and mother’s Lenedra Carroll.

Her father is of German origin and her mother is American.

Lived in a VW bus in San Diego with her mother before making it big.

Sister-in-law of Kim Murray.

Daughter-in-law of Butch Murray and Joy Murray.