Jessica grew up in Altus, Oklahoma. She graduated in May 2009 with a bachelor's degree in music education from Southern Arkansas University and got married in June 2009 to Joshua Pettigrew. They live in Monticello, Arkansas, where she is the music teacher at Monticello Elementary School. She met Brad, Phillip, and Robert at Quartz Mountain Christian Camp in 1999, and they started singing together in 2001. She's had a great experience singing with these young men.