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HTML

<div class="container">
    <div class="column">This is<br />the highest<br />column</div>
    <div class="column">One line</div>
    <div class="column">Two<br />lines</div>
</div>
<div class="container">
    <div class="column">One line</div>
    <div class="column">Two<br>lines</div>
    <div class="column">One line</div>
</div>

CSS

.column{
    border: 1px solid #000;
}

JavaScript

$('.container').each(function(){  
     var $columns = $('.column',this);
     var maxHeight = Math.max.apply(Math, $columns.map(function(){
         return $(this).height();
     }).get());
     $columns.height(maxHeight);
});