Kane Brown's 2 Siblings: All About Heidi Swafford and CJ Cordell

Kane Brown comes from a mixed family: the country singer has a half-sister from the father’s side Heidi Swafford and a half-brother from the mother’s side CJ Cordell.

Kane spoke openly about his difficult childhood, sharing stories of growing up in unstable environments. The “Thank God” singer and his mother, Tabatha Brown, have often experienced homelessness, sometimes living out of their car, according to The New York Times. “[I] he had to grow up a lot faster than a normal person,” he told CBS News in 2022.

Living in a single-parent household, Kane’s maternal grandfather — whom he shares with his half-brother CJ — helped raise him, he told County Music Radio in 2022. “He was my only father figure because my dad was in prison since I was a child,” he said and added that his song “Pop’s last name” is about him.

Kane and his sister Heidi’s father is part black and part Cherokee, causing Kane to be confused about his racial identity as a child, he told PEOPLE in 2018. “I’m biracial; I didn’t know that until I was 7-8 years old. I thought I was completely white,” he said.

Apart from rare photos together on social networks, Kane and his siblings do not say anything about their relationship. Heidi and CJ also mostly keep their personal lives out of the public eye.

Here’s everything you need to know about Kane Brown’s siblings — Heidi Swafford and CJ Cordell — and their relationship with their singer brother.

Kane and Heidi have the same father

Kane Brown and his sister Heidi Swafford pose for a photo.

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Kane and his younger half-sister, Heidi (who goes by the name Heidi Monshell Navaeh on Facebook), share a father who was incarcerated in 1996. The New York Times. Kane was about 3 years old at the time, and Heidi was born the following year to her mother, Roxanne Dodson.

“[My dad] is a drummer, which I didn’t even know,” Kane said Board in 2018. “He brags to me and talks about how good he is on the drums. I always joke with him and say I’ll hire him when he comes out.”

The absence of his father for most of his childhood influenced Kane to become a supportive dad himself.

When Kane and his wife, fellow musician Katelyn Jae Brown, welcomed their two children (with a third on the way!), he “always knew I was going to try to be there,” he told host Gayle King on the episode CBS Morning in 2022. “I always wanted to give them the life I never had.”

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Kane and CJ celebrated the holidays with their mom

Kane Brown attends the 2022 CMT Artists of the Year on October 12, 2022 in Nashville, Tennessee.

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Kane and his younger half-brother CJ — who is about three years younger than Kane — share a mother, Tabatha.

She often shares photos of the two brothers on her social media, including a 2016 Facebook photo of her standing with Kane and CJ in their living room around Christmas with the caption “My babies.”

Kane supported his sister in a difficult time

When it comes to his relationship with half-sister Heidi, Kane doesn’t often share details. He did, however, post a photo with his arms around her in 2015.

“Brother/sister love 💯,” he captioned a Facebook photo of them sitting in a booth at Buffalo Wild Wings.

In 2016, just as her brother was gaining recognition for his music, Heidi made the news herself at the age of 19. During a fight with another woman, she was stabbed in the neck and shoulder Local 3 news and Chattanooga Times Free Press. The injuries were not life-threatening, but there was a risk of permanent nerve damage.

The next day, Kane posted his concerns on Facebook. “Prayers for my sister, please! I was all the way to Nebraska and got a text that she had been stabbed 4 times! … now I feel sick to my stomach.”

Kane is an uncle to his siblings’ children

Kane Brown performs during Day Two of CMA Fest 2022 on June 10, 2022 in Nashville, Tennessee.

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Before the “Miles On It” singer became a dad for the first time in 2019, his half-siblings made him an uncle.

CJ welcomed his son — Brayden Cordell — in June 2012. The following year, Tabatha posted a photo on Facebook of 1-year-old Brayden and Kane, smiling and looking at each other. “This is such a cute picture,” she captioned the post.

According to his Facebook, CJ is married to Kristen Brooke Cordell and still lives in Chattanooga, Tennessee, where he and Kane grew up.

The couple married in July 2018 and have three children: CJ’s son Brayden and Kristen’s two daughters. Recently, CJ celebrated the holidays with Kristen and their children.

In recent years, Heidi has also become a mother to at least two children, of whom Kane posted a photo with one on Facebook in 2015. “My nephew and I, he looks so happy in the picture!” he wrote a selfie of himself and his young nephew.

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Kane’s brother CJ appeared for him for special milestones

Kane Brown attends the 58th Academy Of Country Music Awards on May 11, 2023 in Frisco, Texas.

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CJ and his wife Kristen attended Kane’s wedding to Katelyn in 2018 at Mint Springs Farm in Tennessee. Kristen posted a photo of her and CJ at the wedding on Facebook — she in a maroon dress and CJ in a matching tie — with the caption, “my eternal wedding date.”

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