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                                  UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM 8-K


                                 CURRENT REPORT
     PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934



Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)       4/20/2006
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                           CITIZENS FIRST CORPORATION
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             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)




     Kentucky                       333-67435               61-0912615
(State or other jurisdiction       (Commission            (IRS Employer
          of incorporation)         File Number)        Identification No.)



                   1065 Ashley Street, Bowling Green, Kentucky    42103
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                     (Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)


Registrant's telephone number, including area code       (270) 393-0700
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                                 NOT APPLICABLE
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               (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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ITEM 2.02. RESULTS OF OPERATION AND FINANCIAL CONDITION.

         On April 20, 2006, Citizens First Corporation issued a press release, a
copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by
reference. The press release announced the Company's operating results for the
quarter ended March 31, 2006.

ITEM 5.03. AMENDMENT TO ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OR BYLAWS; CHANGES IN
FISCAL YEAR.

(a) On April 20, 2006, the Board of Directors of Citizens First Corporation
adopted an amendment to the Citizens First Corporation Amended and Restated
Bylaws. A copy of the Amended and Restated Bylaws, as amended, is attached
hereto as Exhibit 3 and incorporated by reference herein. The amendment amended
Article III to eliminate the creation of an executive committee and to give the
board of directors the authority to create and form from among its members from
time to time, such committees, each consisting of three or more directors of the
Corporation, as the board may consider necessary or convenient for the conduct
of its business.

ITEM 7.01. REGULATION FD DISCLOSURE.

         See "Item 2.02. Results of Operations and Financial Condition" which is
incorporated by reference in this Item 7.01.

ITEM 9.01. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.

C. EXHIBITS

3        Amended and Restated Bylaws
99.1     Press Release dated April 20,2006.


         The information in this Form 8-K and the Exhibit attached hereto shall
not be deemed filed for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities and Exchange
Act of 1934, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing
under the Securities Act of 1933, except as shall be expressly set forth by
specific reference in such filing.


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                                   SIGNATURES




                  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

                                                CITIZENS FIRST CORPORATION
                                                     (Registrant)



                                                By:  /s/ Mary D. Cohron
                                                     Mary D. Cohron
                                           President and Chief Executive Officer

Date:  April 20, 2006
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                                  EXHIBIT INDEX


Exhibit Number    Description of Exhibit

3                 Amended and Restated Bylaws of Citizens First Corporation

99.1              Press Release dated April 20,2006

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