JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
HTML
<div class="row">
<div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-4 panel" style="background-color: red;height:125px;">
some content
</div>
<div class="col-xs-6 col-sm-4 panel" style="background-color: yellow;">
kittenz
<img src="http://placekitten.com/100/100">
</div>
<div class="col-xs-6 col-sm-4 panel" style="background-color: blue;">
some more content
</div>
</div>
JavaScript
$(document).ready(function() {
// Get height of original column you want to match, we're just going to select by child to prevent selecting all elements containing .panel
var theheight = $('.panel:nth-child(1)').outerHeight();
// Output same height on particular element or element(s)
$('.panel').height(theheight);
// Unrelated code, just proof it works lol
$('.panel').text('The height of this element is ' + theheight + 'px');
});