CERTIFICATION

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350 

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 

OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002 

I, Kathryn S. Head, President and Principal Executive Officer of the First Investors Life Series 

Funds (the “Registrant”), certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 as enacted pursuant to 

Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that, to my knowledge: 

1. The Registrant’s periodic report on Form N-CSR of the First Investors Life Series Funds for 

the six months ended June 30, 2008, fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 

15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and 

2. The information contained in such Form N-CSR fairly presents, in all material respects, the 

financial condition and results of operations of the Registrant. 

Dated: September 5, 2008 

       /S/ KATHRYN S. HEAD 

       Kathryn S. Head 

       President and Principal Executive Officer, 

       First Investors Life Series Funds 

A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906 has been provided to First 

Investors Life Series Funds and will be retained by First Investors Life Series Funds and furnished 

to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request. 

CERTIFICATION

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350 

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 

OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002 

I, Joseph I. Benedek, Treasurer and Principal Financial Officer of the First Investors Life Series 

Funds (the “Registrant”), certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 as enacted pursuant to 

Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that, to my knowledge: 

1. The Registrant’s periodic report on Form N-CSR of the First Investors Life Series Funds for 

the six months ended June 30, 2008, fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 

15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and 

2. The information contained in such Form N-CSR fairly presents, in all material respects, the 

financial condition and results of operations of the Registrant. 

Dated: September 5, 2008 

       /S/ JOSEPH I. BENEDEK 

       Joseph I. Benedek 

       Treasurer and Principal Financial Officer, 

       First Investors Life Series Funds 

A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906 has been provided to First 

Investors Life Series Funds and will be retained by First Investors Life Series Funds and furnished 

to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.