Christine Brown did not feel like love was multiplied during her spiritual marriage to Kody Brown.
In fact, the Sister Wives star—who was in a polygamous relationship with Kody for over 25 years before their 2021 breakup—said there was little reciprocation from the dad of 18 when it came to their sex life.
“With Kody, things weren’t exactly inspiring. I always had to initiate,” Christine wrote in her memoir Sister Wife: A Memoir of Faith, Family, and Finding Freedom, out Sept. 2. “In return for meh sex, Kody required a back massage, which would turn into a full-body massage. He never offered to return the favor.”
Though Christine did bring up her concerns to Kody, she said he’d often respond with an excuse.
“I told him I would love to have my shoulders rubbed, that it would be a big deal for me,” she recalled. “‘It’s not a turn-on for me,’ he’d say. Or, ‘I’m already tired.’ Or, ‘I had a hard day at work.’”
Looking back, Christine—who is now married to David Woolley—said the “foreplay was for Kody” and no one else.
“I don’t know if my sister wives gave Kody massages—we never talked about what happened, or didn’t, in the bedroom,” Christine continued, referencing Meri Brown, Janelle Brown and Robyn Brown. “But I felt like I had to give him massages so he would have sex with me.”
But that’s not to say Christine had zero idea of what went down in the bedrooms of her sister wives. After all, as she put it, the “walls were thin” within their shared home.
“It’s one thing to know your roommate is having sex in the new bedroom over. It’s another when it’s your husband and you can hear everything,” she wrote. “Yes, we were all married to him. Yes, I knew what he was up to on the nights when he wasn’t with me. And yes, it shocked me how much it hurt to hear it, especially when it sounded as if they had actual relationships, where they talked and played and enjoyed each other physically.”
And when it came time for Kody, whose sole remaining wife is Robyn, to spend the night with her in his “rotating schedule,” Christine said he usually “remained distant.” That’s why she started losing her confidence in her body image as her relationship with Kody went on.
“I was always covered,” Christine wrote, explaining that she would wear “polygamy PJs” or lingerie at the behest of Kody during sex, though she “never felt like it was for sexy reasons.”
“It would take years for me to feel good in my own body,” she continued. “I had been so confident when I got married, but that part of my personality started to erode. That first year, I lost myself.”
According to the 53-year-old, it was “about two years” into her marriage with Kody when she had her first orgasm.
“Oh, that’s what everyone’s been so excited about,” Christine remembered realizing to herself. “It was entirely accidental, but still.”
Over the years, Christine said she and Kody, with whom she shares kids Asypen, 30, Mykelti, 29, Paedon, 27, Gwendlyn, 23, Ysabel, 22, and Truely, 15, “got into a rhythm with sex.”
She added, “There were a few years where it was kind of good.”
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Kody Brown & Robyn Brown
“She looked like a soccer mom,” Kody Brown once joked on Sister Wives of meeting then-single mom Robyn in 2009. “She had a van, three kids and was divorced. I thought, ‘I didn’t need a van, a divorced woman, and three kids in my life—that’s just trouble.'”
More than a decade and a half on, though, they’re still kicking it, with the pair adding son Solomon and daughter Ariella to the squad.
As for bringing on other teammates, it’s not in the game plan. “I really, really struggle with it because it feels, like, ‘Oh, well. Those didn’t work. So, on to [someone] new,'” Robyn said on the December 2024 Sister Wives: One on One special of Meri Brown, Janelle Brown and Christine Brown leaving the fold. “That’s hard for me. That’s really, really hard for me. It feels disrespectful.”
Meri Brown
In January 2024, a year after she and Kody announced their breakup, Meri revealed on Instagram that she had begun dating Amos Andrews the previous October. But in February 2024, Meri confirmed on Instagram that they had called it quits.
Christine Brown Woolley
She got the man and the family. Going official with her and David Woolley‘s romance on Valentine’s Day 2023, Christine shared, “I finally found the love of my life, David. The first time he held me close, it felt like my soul took its first breath. He’s wonderful and kind, incredible with my children and an adorable grandpa. I never dreamed I could find a love like this.”
Two months later he added to the fantasy with a spring proposal. “David treats me like a queen and tells me I’m beautiful everyday,” Christine told People. “I’ve never been in love like this before and the world seems like a brighter place with him in it.”
Tying the knot in Utah on Oct. 7, 2023, she wrote, “I’m so blessed! I’ve married my best friend.”
Madison Brown Brush
The first of the 18 Brown children to walk down the aisle, Janelle’s eldest daughter wed Caleb Brush at a 2016 outdoor wedding in Montana captured by TLC’s cameras. Nearly 10 years later, the two have multiplied their love with Emilia joining older siblings Axel, Evie and Josephine in March 2025.
“Our sweet girl took her time, keeping us all in suspense, but when she decided it was time—she didn’t waste a second,” North Carolina-based Maddie wrote on Instagram. “Born on 3/14, she arrived absolutely perfect.”
Leon Brown
Four years after their engagement aired on the TLC reality show, Meri’s only child settled in Denver with Audrey Kriss.
“My sweetest symphony,” Leon raved of their partner in 2022. “Life with you truly is so sweet.” Echoed Audrey, “Being your partner and watching your growth and coming into yourself over the years has been an honor and joy.”
Logan Brown
Eldest Brown kid Logan got the gang back together when he married longtime girlfriend Michelle Petty in Arizona in 2022. “It was a beautiful day and this mama’s heart was mush the whole time,” Janelle shared on Instagram of her son’s wedding. “You always have such a sense of peace when your children find amazing life partners.”
Mykelti Brown
More than six years after her 2016 wedding to Antonio “Tony” Padron, Mykelti joked that they’d already tested the limits of their marriage vows by welcoming twins Archer and Ace into the fold in November 2022.
“We have 3 kids and 4 moves under our belt,” Mykelti, who is also mom to eldest daughter Avalon, wrote on Instagram at the time. “A whole lot of good times and some hard times #surprisetwins But here we are still doing this whole marriage thing.”
Aspyn Brown
Since their 2018 wedding, Christine’s oldest daughter and husband Mitch Thompson have traveled everywhere from Paris to Alaska. But in December 2022, they put down roots, with Mitch sharing on Instagram, “We bought our first home! Just in time for Christmas.”
Aspyn announced her pregnancy with the couple’s first baby in April 2025.
Gwendlyn Brown
Before hitting their one-year anniversary, Christine’s third oldest daughter and love Beatriz Queiroz went to the happiest place on earth and marked six months together with chocolate fondue. Then came the really sweet part, with Gwendlyn sharing a glimpse at the candlelit, rose-filled proposal on Instagram in November 2022, writing simply, “i’m engaged!!”
The couple wed in July 2023, captioning a photo from the ceremony: “Say hello to mrs (x2) queiroz.”
