- Often refers to ex-wife and band mate, Meg White, as his sister. It was revealed this was untrue when their marriage and divorce certificates were posted onto the Internet.
- Meg White was one of the bridesmaids at his wedding to Karen Elson.
- He and wife, Karen Elson, a model for Prada and Banana Republic, were married in a canoe in the Amazon River in Brazil.
- He wanted to become a priest prior to be a musician.
- In mid-2003, after filming Cold Mountain (2003), he was involved in a car accident along with passenger and co-star Renée Zellweger. Renee was unhurt, but White wound up with a broken finger which coincidentally postponed his The White Stripes tour.
- He married Karen Elson a month after they met.
- Daughter, Scarlett Teresa White, born 2 May 2006 in Tennessee. Scarlett has Jack's legal last name, which has been White since his marriage to Meg White.
- 2003 Grammy Winner as The White Stripes - Best Alternative Music Album - "Elephant".
- 2003 Grammy winner - songwriter - Best Rock Song - "Seven Nation Army" - The White Stripes.
- Likes to collect ancient human bones and taxidermic objects.
- His relationship with Renée Zellweger (they met during the filming of Cold Mountain (2003)) ended over the Christmas holidays in 2004.
- Produced Loretta Lynn's 2004 album "Van Lear Rose". He also played guitar on the album and duets with Loretta on the track "Portland Oregon."
- Met wife Karen Elson on the set of The White Stripes music video "Blue Orchid".
- He is the youngest of 10 children.
- Jack and his wife, Karen Elson, became the parents of their second child, a boy named Henry Lee Gillis, on August 7, 2007.
- His maternal grandparents were Polish. His father had Scottish-Canadian ancestry.
- Explains that the band is based around the number 3, and even calls himself Three Quid when in the UK.
- As one of an ensemble of musicians who paid homage to honoree Paul McCartney on the occasion of his "Gershwin Prize for Popular Song", White performed McCartney's classic ballad "Mother Nature's Son" at the White House (June 2, 2010). The festive ceremonies were presided over by President Barack Obama, no stranger to the music of The Beatles.
- Has a side project titled The Raconteurs with friends. The band consist of Jack Lawrence, Brendon Benson, Jack White and Patrick Keeler.
- Most recently, The White Stripes released the album "Icky Thump".
- Studio album "Icky Thump" was released. (June 2007)
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