Born and raised in Houston, Edmonson is the only child of a single mother who enjoyed songs from the Great American Songbook and traditional pop from the 1940s and '50s.
She wrote her first song at age nine while riding the school bus.
In 2002, after a year at the College of Charleston in South Carolina, she moved to Austin, Texas, to pursue a music career.

In 2002 Edmonson auditioned for the second season of American Idol and was one of the Top 48 contestants invited to Hollywood.
She returned to Austin from Los Angeles and spent several years as a regular in the Austin club scene.
She worked briefly in real estate but quit her day job in 2005 making the decision to pursue music full time.
Born and raised in Houston, Edmonson is the only child of a single mother who enjoyed songs from the Great American Songbook and traditional pop from the 1940s and '50s. She wrote her first song at age nine while riding the school bus. In 2002, after a year at the College of Charleston in South Carolina, she moved to Austin, Texas, to pursue a music career.
In 2002 Edmonson auditioned for the second season of American Idol and was one of the Top 48 contestants invited to Hollywood. She returned to Austin from Los Angeles and spent several years as a regular in the Austin club scene. She worked briefly in real estate but quit her day job in 2005 making the decision to pursue music full time.
Kat Edmonson