Katherine Webb Gave Up Her Model Life to Become a Mom

With 4 minutes, 22 seconds left in the first quarter of the 2013 BCS National Championship Game — and the Alabama Crimson Tide out to a quick two-touchdown lead over the Notre Dame Fighting Irish — the sports world was officially introduced to former Miss Alabama USA Katherine Webb.

Little did she know that she was even on camera or that the moment would actually change her life forever.

At the time, Webb was a student at Auburn University and had already been crowned Miss Alabama USA in 2012. For this story, and for her career, perhaps her best title back then was being Alabama quarterback A.J. McCarron’s girlfriend.

So when ESPN cameras found her, Webb instantly became the “lovely lady” everyone wanted to find out about.

ESPN announcer Brent Musburger and color analyst Kirk Herbstreit sure had some nice things to say. The rest of America did, too.

In a matter of hours, Katherine Webb became a celebrity, from New York to Los Angeles. Her Twitter account went from 2,000 followers to more than 160,000. “A.J. McCarron girlfriend” began trending and was searched over 1 million times on Google. She also received several job offers.

Donald Trump offered her a job to be a Miss USA Judge, given her experience as a contestant for Miss Alabama and Miss Georgia when she was in high school.

She covered Super Bowl XLVII for Inside Edition, was a contestant on ABC’s Splash, and became a bikini model in the 2013 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue.

Webb also starred in a very risqué Carl’s Jr. commercial.

Katherine Webb-McCarron and her husband A.J. McCarron got in engaged in 2014 and tied the knot a couple of months later in Alabama.

Their personal life isn’t fully known, but the former Miss Alabama winner admits she traded Hollywood for a family.

The couple first welcomed to two boys: Tripp and Cash Carter.

Then, during the coronavirus pandemic and COVID-19 outbreak, the NFL quarterback and former beauty queen announced they are expecting their third child.

In April 2021, Webb-McCarron announced the birth of their new baby boy, Gunnar Cruz McCarron, on Instagram.