Kelly Ripa & Mark Consuelos
Kelly Ripa actually auditioned her future husband Mark Consuelos to play her boyfriend on All My Children. "When I saw him, the photograph of him, I saw my entire future with him flash before [my eyes]. Like, I saw it," Ripa recalled to SiriusXM show "Lunch With Bruce" in August 2018. "I [didn't] believe in any of that and now I do because of that moment." The couple eloped in 1996 only one year after meeting and are still going strong 25 years later. And the All My Children stars eventually had three children of their own—even AMC co-star Eva LaRue is godmother to their eldest son Michael!
Eva LaRue & John Callahan
The All My Children lovebirds wed in 1996 and split in 2005. Yet Eva LaRue only had kind things to say about her ex John Callahan after his tragic death in 2020 following a stroke. "My great friend, co parent partner, and loving father to Kaya," LaRue wrote on Instagram. "Love knows not its depth till the hour of separation. Our hearts are broken."
Justin Hartley & Chrishell Strause
Before This Is Us, Justin Hartley was spending the Days of Our Lives with The Young and the Restless series regular Chrishell Strause. The couple dated for three years before tying the knot in 2016. While Strause went on to star in Netflix real estate reality series Selling Sunset, Hartley filed for divorce in 2019. They reached a private settlement by January 2021.
Justin Hartley & Sofia Pernas
Hartley just can't stay away from soap opera stars! The actor sparked romance rumors with former The Young and the Restless co-star Sofia Pernas in May 2020; the couple quietly tied the knot in May 2021.
Eileen Davidson & Vincent Van Patten
This couple was certainly Young and Restless when they met! Daytime Emmy Award winner Eileen Davidson found love with co-star Vincent Van Patten in 2000. The only catch? They were both married to other people. "We had a friendship for a long time," Davidson explained on The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills in 2016. "We just kind of fell in love. I told my husband at the time, ‘We have a situation here. I am having feelings for somebody.'" Seems like it was the right decision because Davidson and Van Patten celebrated their 18th anniversary in April 2021.
David & Melissa Fumero
Before starring on Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Melissa Fumero and David Fumero connected on One Life to Live. They got married in 2007 and have two sons.
Cady McClain & Jon Lindstrom
Even Davidson's ex-husband Jon Lindstrom found love again on set! The As the Wold Turns actor married co-star Cady McClain in 2014.
Courtney Hope & Chad Duell
Paging a heart surgeon! Courtney Hope was introduced to future husband Chad Duell through her General Hospital onscreen brother, Bryan Craig. Duell stars in The Young and the Restless and the couple announced their engagement on Valentine's Day 2021.
Kelly Thiebaud & Bryan Craig
Kelly Thiebaud and her former General Hospital co-star Bryan Craig got engaged in June 2015 but went their separate ways a year later.
Bill Hayes & Susan Seaforth Hayes
Bill Hayes and Susan Seaforth Hayes found a lifelong romance on the set of Days of Our Lives. They wed in 1974 and have been together ever since.
Mick Cain & Schae Harrison
Mick Cain certainly thought co-star Schae Harrison was Bold and Beautiful! The duo have been together for 20 years since meeting on set.
Brandon Brash & Kirsten Storms
General Hospital co-stars Brandon Barash and Kirsten Storms had a whirlwind romance and got married in 2013 only months after dating. The duo welcomed a daughter in January 2014, but divorced by 2016.
Maura West & Scott DeFreitas
As the World Turns stars Maura West and Scott DeFreitas got married in 2000, and are parents to four kids today.
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James & Kassie DePaiva
The Days of Our Lives former co-stars got married in 1996 and share son James Quentin together. Kassie DePaiva went public with her leukemia battle in 2016 and thanked her family for their support.
Doug Davidson & Cindy Fisher
Doug Davidson began dating his Young and the Restless co-star Cindy Fisher in the early 1980s. The couple tied the knot in 1984 and have two kids together.
Darin Brooks & Kelly Kruger
Technically Darin Brooks and Kelly Kruger fell in love as co-stars on sitcom Blue Mountain State but the couple did appear together on The Bold and the Beautiful. The couple were married in 2016 and welcomed their first child in 2019.
True O'Brien & Casey Moss
Casey Moss found true love with True O'Brien on Days of Our Lives in 2015.
Kyle Lowder & Arianne Zucker & Shawn Christian
In a soap opera-inspired twist, this Days of Our Lives trio has two marriages between them. Kyle Lowder and co-star Arianne Zucker were married for 12 years before divorcing in 2014. Zucker found love again with another DOOL star, Shawn Christian. The couple have been dating for eight years.
Crystal Chappell & Michael Sabatino
From playing a lovestruck couple onscreen to tying the knot off-screen! Days of Our Lives alums Crystal Chappell and Michael Sabatino wed in 1997 and have two sons together.
Amelia Heinle & Thad Luckinbill
Art mimicked life as onscreen married couple Amelia Heinle and Thad Luckinbill tied the knot in real life. The couple called it quits after a decade of marriage in 2017, just as their The Young and the Restless alter-egos also had marriage woes.
Michael Saucedo & Rebecca Herbst
The General Hospital duo got married in 2001 and are parents to four kids.