Julie McKnight (married 1990-2003)
Julie McKnight was married Brian for thirteen years until they divorced.They met while students at Oakwood College, a Seventh-Day Adventist-affiliated school in Alabama.They were both expelled from the college, which led to McKnight having sufficient free time to focus on his music and launch his music career.
Brian said that he realized there were major problems in the relationship [between McKnight and Julie, his wife of 13 years]. But because both had come from very religious backgrounds,they were determined to try to make it work. The presence of two children made it more imperative to not give up on it. Brian says,”I think deep down we both knew that this would be the end result. If we hadn’t had children, it would have been much easier to say, ‘You know what, we’re just going to go our separate ways.’ We do love each other, but people grow apart.”
