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" I was raised in Oklahoma. I was actually born in Tulsa, but I grew up in a small town on the west side of Oklahoma called Elk City on a farm, where my dad grew up, actually. "

Kelli O'Hara

City

Born

Farm

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Kelli O'Hara

Service

Husband

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Proud

Irish

" I grew up on a farm. "

Kelli O'Hara

Farm

Grew

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Kelli O'Hara

Singing

Family

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