Born the second of five to Robert H. and Anne L. Lang of Sparta, New Jersey, Kerry Johnson attended Catholic schools as a child. In 1977, her family relocated to Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, after a brief season of living overseas. She soon returned to the Northeast, however, earning her Bachelor of Science in Theatre and Communications from Northeastern University in Boston. At the request of the prominent South Carolina attorney, Barry L. Johnson, she returned to Hilton Head after a short, professional acting career. The couple married in August of 1987 and raised their two children in neighboring, Bluffton, where they reside, happily, to this day.
Kerry also has two beloved stepchildren who have blessed her with six wondrous grandchildren.