The glyphicons icon is hihger than textarea input.
<div class="form-group">
<div class="col-md-8 inputGroupContainer">
<label class="label-margin" for="name"><span class="label-required">*
</span>Message</label>
<div class="input-group"><span class="input-group-addon"><i
class="glyphicon glyphicon-align-left" ></i></span>
<textarea class="message" cols="35" id="message" name="message"
rows="8"></textarea>
</div>
</div>
</div>
Just add form-control
class to textarea like following
<div class="form-group">
<div class="col-md-8 inputGroupContainer">
<label class="label-margin" for="name"><span class="label-required">*
</span>Message</label>
<div class="input-group"><span class="input-group-addon"><i
class="glyphicon glyphicon-align-left" ></i></span>
<textarea class="message form-control" cols="35" id="message" name="message"
rows="8"></textarea>
</div>
</div>
</div>
Working fiddle