Mary Christine "Chrissy" Nicholson was born in 1968 to James Justin Nicholson and Mary Alice Barr-Nicholson. U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1968. The Beatles announce the creation of Apple Records. In the U.S. presidential election, Republican challenger Richard M. Nixon defeats Vice President Hubert Humphrey and American Independent Party candidate George C. Wallace. The U.S. spacecraft Apollo 8 enters orbit around the Moon.

Chrissy grew up in Kansas City with two sisters. She married James Lienemann June 12th, 2004, and the two live in the Kansas City area.