You mean life as you understand it here on earth?
It's interesting, at nuclear test sites, living microorganisms have been found just under the surface at ground zero, miles under water, under layers of ice hundreds of feet deep, etc.
I would think being on a planet, distant from a star, life of some form could easily exist.
True, life has been found in far subzero temps and in water near boiling, but the planets they are finding have surface temps in the hundreds of degrees meaning that they have no water. No water means no life.