Martina McBride’s 3 Children: All About Delaney, Emma and Ava

Martina McBride is the proud mother of her three children: Delaney, Emma and Ava.

The country music star has been married to her husband John McBride since May 15, 1988. Two years after their wedding, the couple moved from their hometown in Kansas to Nashville so that Martina could pursue her music career.

The “This One’s for the Girls” singer released her debut album in 1992, and the couple soon had three daughters. Their eldest, Delaney Katherine, was born in 1994, their middle child, Emma Justine, joined the family in 1998, followed by their youngest, Ava Rose Kathleen, in 2005.

Over the past three decades, Martina has released 14 studio albums, been nominated for 14 Grammys, won CMA Female Singer of the Year four times, wrote two cookbooks and hosted a Food Network show, Martina’s tableamong many other projects.

“Since the beginning of my career, I’ve only wanted two things: respect and longevity,” she told PEOPLE in 2021. “So to still be doing this many years later, and to have a good marriage and well-adjusted children, that’s success to me.”

No matter how busy she was, Marta’s family always came first. She once told PEOPLE that she turned down many TV opportunities and long overseas tours to keep life “as healthy and normal as possible for the kids.”

“But I wouldn’t trade it for anything. I really got the best of both worlds,” the “Blessed” singer said. “I got to have this amazing, exciting, fulfilling career and I got to raise these human beings who are just the loves of my life.”

Growing up, McBride’s three girls traveled with their mom and joined her at big events, like appearing at the 2012 CMA Country Christmas. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Martina created her own podcast, Vocal spot with Martina McBridea family affair, with the entire McBride family joining her in the 2020 episode.

“I am so blessed with these 3. They continue to enrich my life every day,” she later wrote on Instagram in 2023.

Here’s everything you need to know about Martina McBride, her three children, Delaney, Emma and Ava.

Delaney McBride, 29

Martina McBride and daughter Delaney McBride.

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Delaney Katherine McBride was born on December 22, 1994 and came home on Christmas Eve. She graduated high school in May 2013 and graduated from massage therapy school in 2018, and Martina shared on Facebook that Delaney “worked hard and got top grades.”

“She has always had a bright light inside her and uses it to help and heal others and make the world a better place,” Martina wrote about her daughter.

Based in her hometown of Nashville, Delaney is a licensed massage therapist, postpartum doula, and yoga instructor who founded Hand to Heart Wellness. Like her mom, Delaney knows her way around the kitchen. Martina told PEOPLE in 2018 that when her children were growing up, the kitchen was the center of their home.

“Growing up, I was always helping my mom in the kitchen, so I was naturally drawn to cooking from a young age,” Delaney told Nashville Voyager 2021, adding, “As I’ve gotten older, I’ve felt completely drawn to sharing my passion for holistic health with others and I feel so fortunate to make it my career.”

Martina McBride and daughter Delaney McBride.

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Delaney joined her mom at red carpet events, including the 2009 movie premiere The blind sidewhere they posed for photos with Faith Hill and Tim McGraw, and a 2019 event with Christian Louboutin.

Martina loves to wish her daughter a happy birthday via Instagram, and Delaney is no exception.

“You are an inspiration and a gem of a man and we all love you very much!” Martina wrote about her eldest in 2023.

Emma McBride, 25

Emma McBride.

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Emma Justine McBride was born on March 29, 1998. She graduated high school in 2016 and was the first McBride to go to college out of state, as Delaney stayed in their hometown of Nashville.

“It’s a big adjustment,” said Martina Sounds like Nashville on Emma’s big move in 2016 “I think we’re all going to be walking around a bit lost for a while, but I’m really happy for her and she’s going to do amazing things.”

In 2017, Emma moved to Los Angeles to pursue her acting career. Martina shared on Instagram that her middle daughter wanted to be a film and TV actress for years and that she “planned it and dreamed big.”

“It wasn’t until I got home from the airport that I realized she wasn’t just visiting… she was moving out of our house… maybe forever. Of course he knows he can always come back. But in a way…a very bittersweet way…I almost hope not,” Martina wrote on Emma’s moving day. “You know I believe in you and I’m so proud of you, my brave, sweet girl. I love you.”

Martina McBride, daughter Emma McBride and Dolly Parton pose backstage at the 2010 We’re All For The Hall benefit concert on October 5, 2010 in Nashville, Tennessee.

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Growing up, Emma joined her mom at red carpet events, including the 2007 New York Fashion Week show and the 2010 We’re All For the Hall Benefit Concert, where the mother-daughter duo hung out with Dolly Parton.

“There is so much I could say about her and absolute delight,” Martina later wrote on Instagram in 2023 in honor of Emma’s birthday. “She was always cheerful and funny, but tender-hearted. She is capable, smart, creative and lights up any room she enters. She stands up for what she wants and holds those around her accountable. It made me a better person.”

Emma now lives in New York and received her first film credit in a short film in 2022. A shared moment of solitude.

Ava McBride, 18

Martina McBride and daughter Ava McBride.

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Ava Rose Kathleen McBride was born on June 20, 2005.

“I am very proud of you. You are a true original. Maybe the funniest person I know. So smart. Kind. Fun. And complicated in the most beautiful way. We all learn from you. I love you,” Martina wrote on Instagram on Ava’s 18th birthday in 2023.

Ava is the most intimate of the three McBride sisters, but according to Martina’s Instagram posts, all three girls are close and have had some very fun get-togethers, like Harry Styles’ 2018 concert.

Emma McBride, Ava McBride and Delaney McBride.

Martina McBride on Instagram

“I love these three. And my greatest joy is that the three of them are friends and support and love each other. Happy Mother’s Day!” – wrote Martina on Instagram in 2020.

The country singer described Ava as an old soul, sharing on Instagram that her youngest is “wise beyond her years.”

“She always intrigued us trying to figure out who she was. I recently realized that she is beyond ‘comprehension’. She simply is,” wrote Martina. “She’s Ava and I’ve never met anyone who is so sure of who she is and what she stands for.”

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