Branch was born on July 2, 1983, in Sedona, Arizona. Her father is Irish and her mother is of Dutch-Indonesian (“Indo”) and French descent. She received her first guitar for her 14th birthday at the age of eight.
Michelle Branch was arrested for domestic violence following the divorce of Patrick Carney.
Branch married her bass player Teddy Landau (b. 1964) in Mexico on May 23, 2004. She gave birth to a girl in August 2005; their divorce was finalized in November 2015. In 2015, Branch met Patrick Carney of the Black Keys at a Grammy party.
She met her musician husband, Patrick Carney, at a Grammy party in 2015. The couple have two children and two Irish wolfhounds. In 2022, Branch announced her separation from Carney, after accusing him of infidelity.
Branch’s favourite artists are The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix, Aerosmith and Queen. She also likes classical music and older country music. She mainly uses a Gibson Hummingbird after retiring her blue Taylor 614ce. Her favourite artist is Dolores O’Riordan, Jewel and Fleetwood Mac.
