Joey Feek

Joey Feek
Joey Feek at the 45th Academy of Country Music Awards in 2010
Born	Joey Marie Martin (1975-09-09)September 9, 1975 Alexandria, Indiana, U.S.
Died	March 4, 2016(2016-03-04) (aged 40) Alexandria, Indiana
Resting place	Feek Family Farm Cemetery Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.
Occupation	Singer-songwriter
Spouse(s)	Rory Lee Feek (m. 2002; her death 2016)
Children	Indiana Boon Feek (born February 17, 2014) Step-daughters Heidi Feek (born 1986) and Hopie Feek (born 1988)
Website	www.thislifeilive.com
Musical career
Genres	Country, Christian country
Instruments	Vocals
Years active	2008–16
Associated acts	Joey + Rory, Zac Brown Band, Blaine Larsen (back-up vocals)

Indiana Boon Feek (born February 17, 2014)

Joey Marie Martin Feek (September 9, 1975 – March 4, 2016) was an American country music singer and songwriter. From 2008 to 2016, the duo Joey + Rory comprised Joey and her husband, Rory Lee Feek.

Joey Martin Feek was born Joey Marie Martin on September 9, 1975 in Alexandria, Indiana, to Jack and June Martin. She was the middle child of five children: 3 sisters (Jody, Julie, Jessie) and 1 younger brother, Justin, who in 1994 died in a car accident very close to the Martin family farm. She was encouraged by her father, who played guitar, to start singing and performing at an early age She moved to Nashville, Tennessee in 1998 to pursue a career as a veterinarian, and established connections with LeAnn Rimes's father, Wilbur, and Kix Brooks of Brooks & Dunn. At a songwriter night, she met songwriter Rory Lee Feek, whom she married in June 2002. She sang backing vocals on Blaine Larsen's 2004 album Off to Join the World, which her husband co-produced. Joey was signed to Sony Nashville and recorded an unreleased solo album in 2005 titled Strong Enough to Cry, but due to change in management and restructuring at Sony, her album was shelved. The album, retitled If Not For You, was eventually released by Farmhouse Recordings on April 7, 2017.

In 2008 a friend suggested that Joey and Rory try out for a new show called "Can You Duet" with the purpose of finding the next great country duo. They made an audition tape, and this is when they came up with the name "Joey + Rory" to compete on the talent show Can You Duet where they finished in third place and were signed to Sugarhill Vanguard Records that produced 3 of their albums. The duo released eight albums overall and charted a Top 30 Hot Country Songs hit with "Cheater, Cheater". Feek co-wrote many of the songs on the albums with her husband.