Function Returns undefined object

var getStats = function (){
    fs.readFile('Documents/GitHub/kag-gather-irc-bot/stats.json', 'utf8', function (err,data) {
        if (err) {
            return console.log(err);
        }
        everyStats = JSON.parse(data);
        console.log(everyStats);
        return everyStats;
    });

}
STATS = getStats();
console.log(STATS);