Carah Faye Charnow (born August 3, 1984, in Santa Barbara, California) is an American singer and songwriter. She is currently the female vocalist of the band Shiny Toy Guns (2004–2008, 2011–present), with whom she scored a Grammy nomination, and is also currently the frontwoman/vocalist of the band Versant. After leaving the band in 2008, she officially returned as a vocalist for Shiny Toy Guns in February 2011. 　　In early 2004, Jeremy Dawson invited Carah to sing with Shiny Toy Guns, which he'd formed with Chad Petree in 2002. She remained the female vocalist of this band until the summer of 2008, when she was released. Almost immediately after her sudden release from Shiny Toy Guns, her band Versant began to form in Sweden. In a February 2009 interview, Carah said that she spends most of her time in Sweden (Vänersborg) working on music for Versant and takes occasional trips back to California. 　　Carah was married to her ex-bandmate Daniel Johansson. 　　On February 11, 2011 it was revealed that Carah had re-joined Shiny Toy Guns as their co-lead singer and that Daniel Johansson had joined the band as well.On May 10, 2012 Shiny Toy Guns announced that Daniel Johansson was no longer with the band, the main reason being the separation of his long-term relationship with Carah Faye.Carah claims to be straight edge and to have never had a drink of alcohol.