She is the second daughter and the sixth child born to Clara Marie "Clary" (née Ramey; May 5, 1912 – November 24, 1981) and Melvin Theodore "Ted" Webb (June 6, 1906 – February 22, 1959).
The seven Webb siblings in addition to Wright: The family moved to Wabash, Indiana in 1955 due to her father's illness from working in the coal mines; he would die in 1959 of black lung disease.
[2] After Peggy Sue had a hit with her most successful single, "All-American Husband," she left Decca Records after releasing two albums.
In 1986 she began performing as a background singer and designing stage costumes for her younger sister, Crystal Gayle.
Occasionally they would both join up with older sister Loretta Lynn for a concert at her Hurricane Mills, Tennessee ranch.