Britney Jean Spears was born in McComb, Mississippi, but her family moved to Kentwood, Louisiana, and she was raised there from a young age. Britney is born to Parnell Spears, a building contractor

, and Lynne Spears, a former grade school teacher. She has an older brother Bryan Spears who works as a manager for the family, and a younger sister Jamie Lynn who is an actress and singer. She was a raised a Southern Baptist by her parents. She regularly performed in her local Baptist Church choir.