- Two children, Morgan Anastasia Gaddis (from her first husband), and Jesse Keith Whitley (her second husband, Keith Whitley).
- Her second husband, Keith Whitley, died of alcohol poisoning in 1989, before her singing career took off.
- At the end of 2003, she and her husband, singer Sammy Kershaw, filed for divorce. The split apparently became violent and they took restraining orders out on each other. By July 2004, the couple were back together. On her July 5 appearance on Larry King Live (1985), she discussed the split, explaining that interference from outsiders put a lot of strain on their relationship but they pulled through and would remain a couple.
- Had a secret affair with actor/U.S. Senator Fred Thompson (R-Tenn). Dated Dallas Cowboys quarterback Troy Aikman (1993).
- Appeared in Keith Whitley's music video (Class of '63).
- Many of Lorrie's songs appear in the documentary The Brandon Teena Story (1998).
- Friend of Mindy McCready and Pam Tillis.
- Was not named for country singer Loretta Lynn. Lorrie Morgan was born in 1959, and Loretta Lynn wouldn't become a country star until the following year.
- Country singer.
- Close friend of Ralph Emery.
- Lorrie and her longtime label, BNA parted ways. Her final album with the label is Greatest Hits Collection II (released 2/22/2000).
- Daughter of Grand Ole Opry legend George Morgan.
- Her father, Grand Ole Opry legend George Morgan, died of a heart attack in 1975, when Lorrie was 16 years old. Coincidentally, singer/actress Natalie Cole was 16 when her father (Nat 'King' Cole) died.
- In 1998, tabloids published allegations that Morgan had been spotted in the back of a limousine with Bill Clinton, then the President of the United States, but Morgan dismissed the claims as "fabricated".
- In 2008, Morgan filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy, with an estimated $1 to $10 million in debts. She would later state that her bankruptcy was because she "didn't watch her own money" or audit her accountants.
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