Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu maka paragraf a - A mụrụ Christie na Newark, New Jersey, nye Sondra A. (née Grasso), onye na-anabata ekwentị, na Wilbur James "Bill" Christie, onye na-edekọ ego ọha na eze nke gụsịrị akwụkwọ na Rutgers Business School. Nne ya bụ onye Ịtali (Sicilian), nna ya bụ onye Germany, Scotland, na Irish. Ezinụlọ Christie kwagara Livingston, New Jersey, mgbe ọgba aghara Newark nke 1967 gasịrị
, Christie biri ebe ahụ ruo mgbe ọ gụsịrị akwụkwọ na Livingston High School n'afọ 1980. Na Livingston High School, Christie jere ozi dị ka onye isi klas, na-egwu catcher maka ndị otu baseball, ma họrọ ya dị ka onye nnọchi anya New Jersey na United States Senate Youth Program.