Ashley Murphy, formerly known to those in the area as Ashley James, grew up in West Palm Beach where she attended The King's Academy before attending Liberty University, where she received her degree in Youth Ministry. In an extended gap-year, Ashley drove out to Hollywood to pursue another dream of hers: acting. This culminated in various background roles, her most notable cameo as "refreshment girl" in the Job Fair episode of “The Office.”

In 2012, Ashley met her husband Jesse at a music festival in Seattle before getting married in 2015. Ashley and Jesse recently celebrated the birth of their second child, Maverick, to join his older sister, Maeve.

Ashley has over a decade of experience working as a student pastor in her local church.