==Background==
Born Karen Gaudet, to Gibson and Alize Breaux Gaudet, she attended Assumption High School in Napoleonvillle,<ref name=Leesville Daily Leaderkstg>{{cite web|url=http://www.leesvilledailyleader.com/article/20131031/NEWS/131039885|title=Karen Gaudet St. Germain – A strong leader with deep Iberville roots|publisher=''Leesville (Louisiana) Daily Leader''|accessdate=November 10, 2015}}</ref> then attended [[Louisiana State University]] in [[Baton Rouge]] and studied as a paralegal.<ref name=kgstg/> She was formerly employed by the Louisiana Orthopaedic Association. She is a former resident of Victorville and San Bernardino, [[California]], and [[Richmond]], [[Virginia]], dates unavailable.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.intelius.com/results.php?ReportType=1&formname=name&qf=Karen&qmi=G&qn=Germain&qcs=Plaquemine%2C+LA&focusfirst=1|title=Karen St. Germain|publisher=intelius.com|accessdate=April 21, 2015}}</ref>
She and her husband, Kenneth Jude St. Germain (born June 3, 1957), have three sons.<ref>"Leesville Daily Leader"<name=kstg/ref>
==Political career==