Christy Alfredson studied Music Education at Culver-Stockton College in Canton, Missouri and also received a certificate in Elementary Education at Southeast Missouri State University. She taught second grade and had several piano and voice students before starting a family. She and her husband have three children who studied piano under their mother and have also pursued interests in other musical instruments. Christy and her family reside in Tomball, Texas, where she runs her private piano studio.