 Dexter was born Kimberly Tara Sipus, on November 7, 1968, in Augusta, Georgia, to Ronald and Carol Sipus ("née", Malone), while she was raised in Phoenix, Arizona.She graduated from Scottsdale Christian Academy, then going to Grand Canyon University, majoring in music.She married Paul Dexter, her former band member with Mayfair Laundry and a bassist in the mid-2000s.