Before we go further, let's make one thing clear: According to NPR writer Karen Tongson, Amy Ray and Emily Saliers "are not, nor have they ever been, romantic partners." Tongson also expressed surprise at how many people presumed that the musicians had at least dated each other, which is untrue. "Just because we are gay," Tongson clarifies regarding the homosexual community, "doesn't always make us gay for each other." The truth is that Ray and Saliers are both in long-term relationships — with other people. Ray has been with her partner, Carrie Schrader, since 2006, according to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. In 2018, Schrader gave birth to a daughter: Ray explained that "I've wanted motherhood for a long, long time, so it was time."

As for Saliers, in 2013, Global News reported that the musician announced her marriage to Tristin Chipman, her partner of ten years. At the time, the couple also had a baby. The two married in New York State since at the time, gay marriage was illegal in Georgia. (Shaw Law confirms that gay marriage finally became legal there in 2015.) No matter the Indigo Girls' relationship status, Ray made it clear to the Huffington Post that, "We're proud of who we are and what our identity is, and we're going to make the best music we can and we don't want to be held back by a label that implies mediocrity or something."

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