[1][2] Born legally blind, Kern is aided in studio by SONAR's accessibility and Dancing Dots' assistive music technologies for the vision impaired.

[1] He started learning the piano regularly at four years and began writing music at eight.

[3] Kevin Kern is married to Pamela Gibbs, a former cardiac transplant nurse and product manager for several medical device companies.

According to the liner notes of his album, Embracing the Wind, the couple were married in June 2001 on the island of Maui, Hawaii, in a private ceremony with friends and family present.

She has been mentioned in his album credits several times, including playing the rainstick on "Through the Veil" on The Winding Path, and for catering several recording sessions.