All About Sabrina Carpenter's Parents, Elizabeth and David Carpenter

Mar. 15, 2025

Sabrina Carpenter with her parents Elizabeth and David.Photo:Bruce Glikas/FilmMagi

Bruce Glikas/FilmMagi

MeetSabrina Carpenter’s parents.

The “Nonsense” singer is the daughter of Elizabeth and David Carpenter. She was born on May 11, 1999.

Prior to moving to Los Angeles at age 13, Sabrina was raised in Pennsylvania. She was homeschooled alongside her sisters before relocating to California, where she’d ultimately land a starring role on Disney Channel’sGirl Meets Worldin 2014.

Her part on the 2014 Disney Channel reboot of the 1990s sitcomBoy Meets Worldmarked her breakthrough role as an actress, but she’d been creating music long before. She began posting covers to her YouTube channel around age 10 before signing her first record deal at 12 years old.

Carpenter — whoopenedfor close palTaylor Swifton herEras Tour— had her parents in her corner, supporting her interests in performing since her pre-teen years. “They were very, very kind and supportive. I always remember that,” she recalled of her family in aninterview.

Read on to learn about Sabrina Carpenter’s parents, Elizabeth and David Carpenter.

Elizabeth is a chiropractor

Sabrina Carpenter.Hector Vivas/TAS23/Getty Images for TAS Rights Management

Hector Vivas/TAS23/Getty Images for TAS Rights Management

Sabrina’s mom, Elizabeth, is a chiropractor. According to herLinkedInbio, she owns her own practice.

Growing up, though, Elizabeth was a performer in her own right. “My mom was a dancer in a company,” Sabrina said when speaking with JJ Ryan in aninterview.

Sabrina followed in her mom’s dancing footsteps, too. “I was a dancer my whole life growing up,” she said, prior to honing in on her singing and acting skills.

While Elizabeth didn’t pursue a career in singing herself, she did take vocal lessons at one point in her life. In fact, Sabrina shared in an interview that her vocal teacher was her mom’s old vocal coach.

David was in a garage band

Sabrina’s dad, too, has a background in performing — though, not at the level that the chart-topping singer pursued.

“My dad says he was in a band, but I think it was like a garage band — and I don’t really know if that’s true,” she told JJ Ryan in aninterview.

When asked if she’s ever seen him perform, Carpenter replied, “No. Never.” Though, she did admit that she’s heard him sing covers of Rush. “That was it,” she said.

They encouraged performing when she was a kid

Sabrina Carpenter as a kid.Sabrina Carpenter/Instagram

Sabrina Carpenter/Instagram

Sabrina has had support from her parents to pursue her dreams as an entertainer since she was young. “My whole family was very much around performing,” she’spreviously said.

She credits her pre-teen performances in front of her family for building her confidence as a singer. “I remember being like 8 and 9 years old singing karaoke,” she recalled of family gatherings as a kid.

Sabrina went on to explain how adults can oftentimes view it as “annoying” when kids try to sing when they’re little, but she had a great crew in her corner.

“People were never like that to me. They were very very kind and supportive. I always remember that,” she recalled.

David built Sabrina’s first-ever recording studio

To further capitalize on the “supportive parents” point, David built Sabrina her first-ever recording studio in a closet in the house she grew up in when she was 10 years old.

She continued, “He painted my entire studio purple, and put the foam walls up for me … It’s still there, but I don’t live in that house anymore.”

When speaking toMarie Claire,Sabrina credited that studio as the place where she “really found comfort in a creative space” at age 10. Two years later, she signed with her first record label at 12 years old.

David and Elizabeth are the parents of four girls

Sabrina Carpenter and her sister Sarah in 2013.David Livingston/Getty

David Livingston/Getty

Sabrina is the youngest of Elizabeth and David’s children. She hasthree older sisters: Sarah, Cayla and Shannon. Elizabeth is Cayla’s stepmother.

According to their respective Instagram accounts, they share a close sibling bond. Cayla is a hairstylist, Shannon is a dancer and Sarah is a singer.

David inspired the song “emails i can’t send”

While speaking toVoguein February 2025, Sabrina revealed that her song “emails i can’t send,” released in 2022, is about her dad’s infidelity.

The track talks candidly about her “disgust” for David who “let me down” and hindered her capacity to “love right.”

“There were definitely feelings involved. But you birthed me, so you kind of have to deal with the repercussions,” Sabrina told theoutlet.

source: people.com