• July 29, 1983
• McBryde started out as a songwriter, working for a music publisher for three years, but she couldn't get anyone to record her songs. So instead of writing songs for others, she wrote them for herself, which made them much more authentic. It took about 10 years, but she finally got a major-label record deal in 2017 with help from Eric Church, who brought her on stage at one of his shows to perform her song "Bible And A .44." From there, it was downhill: She released her debut album, Girl Going Nowhere, in 2018 and became a popular live draw.
• She loves candles and started making them as a hobby after realizing she was spending way too much money buying them.
• McBryde knows some American Sign Language (ASL) and usually has interpreters at her shows. This tradition dates back to when she was playing bars and was friends with an ASL teacher who would bring members of the hearing-impaired community to her shows and sign for them.
• She was raised on a cattle farm in Mammoth Spring, Arkansas. She attended Arkansas State University but dropped out to pursue music, a decision that didn't sit well with her dad.
• McBryde built a reputation as a "whiskey-drinking badass" (as Eric Church called her), but that lifestyle took a toll, and in 2022 she quit drinking and worked hard on her wellness, both mental (therapy) and physical (exercise).
• Ashley has lots of tattoos, including one she regrets: a devil in a bikini on her lower back that she got when she turned 18. When she won her first Grammy Award (Best Country Duo/Group Performance for her Carly Pearce collaboration "Never Wanted To Be That Girl" in 2023), she got a Grammy trophy inked on her arm.

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