Nearly a year afterChristine Brownleft behind herplural marriageof 26 years toKody Brown, as well as her fundamentalist Mormon faith, theSister Wivesstar says she’s never been happier.
“I get to live life for me,” Christine, 50, says in the latest issue of PEOPLE. “My whole world has changed, and every single cell in my body is happier.”
While Christine always wanted a plural marriage, things started to change in 2018. “I started thinking maybe this isn’t working for me,” she says. “And then I stopped believing in polygamy. I realized I didn’t really want to live it anymore. I didn’t like sharing a husband or feeling like I wasn’t important.”
Christine Brown.Kim Raff
After years of unhappiness, she packed up and moved to Salt Lake City, Utah, with Truely to start a new life.
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Christine co-parents with Kody, 53, who still sees his daughter often, but the mother-daughter duo have beenembracing their new lives.
“I can’t tell you how many times I’ve opened up Truely’s door and been like, ‘What should we do for fun today?’ And so we just pick a destination and we go and we just have fun and we just go and explore. I mean, it’s just absolutely amazing,” says Christine, who launched her solo digital seriesCooking with Just Christinefor TLC in February (season 2 premieres Sept. 11).
“And now that I live here, there’s so many things to do and I just want to do it all.”
Kody Brown with his wives and children.Joe Pugliese/TLC/Everett
That includes dating, though she adds she isn’t ready quite yet.
“I would love to date. Love the idea of the end having a romantic partner. But I talked to Truely about it the other day and she’s like, ‘Mom, I really like our life how it is now.’ Down the road. I’m just going to let fate take care of that one.”
When she does, “I want a guy who actually loves me and wants to be with me intimately,” she says. “I will be a monogamist from here on out.”
Christine Brown’s kids.Christine brown/Instagram
For now, she’s focused on her children, her future and the joy in each day.
“I just want to be an example to my kids more than anything. I always told them, ‘Do what’s going to make you happy,’ I have to do the same.”
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Season 17 ofSister Wivespremieres Sept. 11 at 10 p.m. ET on TLC.
source: people.com
