Loralee Evans was born in Salt Lake City and grew up in South Jordan, Utah, as the fourth of nine children. She graduated from Bingham High in 1990, and then attended Southern Utah University in Cedar City with a scholarship in Track and Cross-Country from 1990 to 1993. From 1993 to 1994, she served an 18-month mission in Sapporo, Japan. After completing her mission, she married Steve Evans in the Bountiful Utah Temple in March 1995.

Loralee graduated from Southern Utah University with a teaching degree in Physical Education and English. She and Steve now live in Syracuse, Utah, and they have four children.

She enjoys running, being with her family, reading, and her current calling as a Sunbeam teacher in her ward.