35 Bachelor Nation Couples Who Actually Stayed Together

Yes, Jesse was the recipient of DeAnna Pappas’s final rose in the fourth season of The Bachelorette, but after a four-month relationship, they called it quits. He then met Ann Lueders, the first woman to get eliminated from Jason Mesnick’s season of The Bachelor during—of all things—a Bachelor Nation reunion cruise. They got hitched in Las Vegas in 2010.

At the time of their wedding, Ann was four months pregnant with their first child, Noah Theodore. Now, they live in Arizona and have two more kids: Carter James and Charlotte Jean.

Holly Durst had two big reasons to celebrate at the end of Bachelor Pad (the Bachelor spin-off that came before Paradise). Not only did she and partner Michael Stagliano take home the $250,000 prize in the 2011 finale, but she also revealed her engagement to costar Blake Julian. Unfortunately, the announcement was pretty awkward, as viewers had to watch Michael (Holly’s ex) learn of the news on camera—a move that Holly later called “wrong.”

Despite the on-screen drama, Holly and Blake made it down the aisle in 2012 and are still going strong. They now reside in South Carolina together with their children, Poppy and Knox.

Tara Durr and John Presser were both eliminated during the first week of their respective seasons...but that didn’t stop them from finding Bachelor Nation love! After connecting on a private Bachelor Facebook page, they eventually announced their engagement in 2010 and married later that year.

They now have two children together, a son and a daughter.

Peyton Wright and Chris Lambton are yet another couple born out of failed attempts at finding love during their respective seasons of The Bachelor and The Bachelorette. Peyton was on Andy Baldwin’s season...where she was turned down after a two-on-one date. Meanwhile, landscaper Chris was among the two finalists vying for Ali Fedotowsky’s hand in 2010.

The two met at another Bachelor function and hit it off. They got married in 2012, settled down in Massachusetts, and then starred in a reality TV show for HGTV called Going Yard, which focused on landscaping. They have two kids, Lyla and Hayes.

Some fans were surprised when “born-again virgin” Sean Lowe picked Catherine Giudici over Lindsay Yenter on the season 17 finale of The Bachelor. Rumors that Sean had asked for Lindsay’s hand in marriage circulated prior to the episode’s airing, and everyone—including Lindsay herself—seemed certain that would be the case.

But while Sean’s proposal to Catherine came as a shock initially, the two have proven their love is built to last. After tying the knot in the franchise’s first-ever live TV wedding in 2014, the couple happily built their lives together in Dallas, Texas, and have since welcomed two sons, Samuel and Isaiah, and a daughter named Mia.

Chris Siegfried won Desiree Hartsock’s heart at the end of The Bachelorette’s ninth season. At the time, many fans questioned the legitimacy of their romance, especially considering Desiree had accepted Chris’s proposal just weeks after expressing devastation over the early departure of Brooks Forester (the season’s original front-runner famously quit the show after basically telling Desiree he just wasn’t that into her).

Regardless of viewers’ doubts, Chris and Desiree went on to tie the knot in January 2015 and later they welcomed three sons: Asher, Zander, and Noah Cruz.

When you think of Bachelor in Paradise, “successful matchmaking” might not be the first thing that comes to mind. But the show has still resulted in more than a few successful couples! After meeting and getting engaged during season 2 of BiP, Jade Roper and Tanner Tolbert made it official in—yup, you guessed it—another televised wedding special for ABC.

Despite some drama (as caught on camera for Marriage Boot Camp: Reality Stars in 2016), the two have since settled in Los Angeles with their daughter, Emerson, and their sons, Brooks and Reed.

Another couple keeping the Bachelor Nation love alive? JoJo Fletcher and Jordan Rodgers. They fell for each other during season 12 of The Bachelorette—amid rumors they had actually met before the show, oops. (JoJo later clarified they had never spoken prior to the start of the filming, although she had heard Jordan’s name mentioned in connection to casting.)

Sparks flew once they met in person, and the rest is Bachelorette history. After having to postpone twice because of the pandemic, the couple finally tied the knot in May 2022. A few years later in December 2025, they welcomed a baby girl named Romy Blair.

Season 4 of Bachelor in Paradise brought Raven Gates and Adam Gottschalk together, and it seems the chemistry fans witnessed between the pair on the show hasn’t faded since. While they didn’t get engaged in the 2017 finale, they ended up getting married in April 2021 and welcomed their son Gates together in January 2022!

Oh, and if that's not already cuteness overload, the couple then announced the birth of baby number two, Max, in August 2023!

One of the most controversial moments in Bachelor history came with the two-part finale of Arie’s Bachelor season. He proposed to Becca Kufrin, took it back, and chose runner-up Lauren in just two nights.

After tying the knot in Hawaii back in January 2019, the couple welcomed their daughter Alessi that May, and have since welcomed twins Senna and Lux, as well as yet another daughter Livvy.

Ashley Iaconetti and Jared Haibon first crossed paths on season 2 of Bachelor in Paradise, but it took more than two years (and another season of BiP...) for them to officially become a couple IRL. These two casually dated, broke up, and even saw other people before finally announcing their relationship for real.

The couple shared the ups and downs of their journey during an episode of Ashley’s YouTube show, The Story of Us, and got engaged only a month later during a cameo appearance on Bachelor in Paradise season 5. Now they share two sons, Dawson and Hayden.

Another successful Bachelor in Paradise couple! Who would’ve thought? After meeting on the show, Kevin popped the question to Astrid in Toronto—and now they even have two babies, August and Nash.

“Since the wedding would keep getting pushed off, we thought, ‘Okay, well, I don’t want to wait five years to have a baby. Let’s just try to have one before the wedding,’” Kevin told People, adding that they plan to “push the wedding a full year.” They finally did get married in October 2022.

Season 6 of Bachelor in Paradise is long gone, but Hannah Godwin and Dylan Barbour's relationship is still going strong, which is way, way more than you can say about most other couples who left the show together.

Like many couples, their wedding was put on pause due to the pandemic, but they finally said "I do" in August 2023.

These two got engaged back in October 2022 after meeting on Bachelor in Paradise season 6, and we could not have been more excited at the time. Previously, however, it seemed as though we'd have to wait a literal lifetime for Dean to pop the question.

“That’s never going to happen,” Dean told Us Weekly back in 2019. “She does joke around about us getting married all the time, and I always say, ‘Sorry, it’s not going to happen.’” Oh, how the tables turn! They finally tied the knot in September 2023.

Corrinne (a contestant on Matt's season of The Bachelor) and Jordan (who appeared on Tayshia Adams' season of The Bachelorette) have been dating since 2021 and are truly one of our fave couples because they're lowkey when it comes to drama and highkey gorge together. Like, what's not to love?

In October 2024, they even announced to fans that they were engaged, with plans to tie the knot in October 2026.

Grocery Store Joe (aka Joe Amabile) and Serena Pitt met on season 7 of Bachelor in Paradise and left the beach celebrating their engagement. They’ve been living in pure bliss ever since, and even got married in October 2022.

Like, these two legit even started their own podcast together!

Kenny and Mari were another pair to leave the Bachelor in Paradise beach engaged after season 7 wrapped. They hit a rough patch on the show that resulted in a short-lived breakup, but later came back together and found their stride. Since the show ended in early October 2021, they’ve been getting deeper into each other’s real-life worlds, like Kenny meeting Mari’s dog and her spending time in Chicago.

P.S. They also got married in December 2023.

Former Bachelorette Becca Kufrin and Katie Thurston’s ex Thomas Jacobs got together on Bachelor in Paradise season 7. Even though Becca broke things off on the show with Thomas before overnights, they got back together post-show and are truly living their best, cutest lives and are now engaged after Becca popped the question to Thomas in May 2022. Yeah, you read that right!

In September 2023, they gave birth to their first baby, Benson—and a month later, they officially got married. Most recently, in April 2026, they welcomed Baby #2, Steven.