Ivens was born in Newport Beach, California and raised in Reno, Nevada. She was engaged to baseball first baseman, David Segui, but they broke off the engagement in 2003. She married Mark Osgood on July 2, 2004, but in 2013, Ivens revealed that she is divorced. Their daughter, Kiana, was born on October 9, 2004.
She released her debut novel, The Buzz: Pointing Fingers, in late 2014.
