Professional athletes are busy people, but they will always make time for their loved ones.
Gerard Pique and Shakira
Singer, dancer, socialite, and overall inspiration Shakira is engaged to (very close to getting married) to FC Barcelona player, Gerard Pique.
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Apparently, the couple met for the first time on the set of Shakira’s music video that was shot for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. This couple has been together for nearly 10 years, and it doesn’t look like they’re going to split any time soon.
Eric Decker and Jessie James
Eric Decker, a world-famous wide receiver, and his wife Jessie James, singer and reality show host, have been married for 13 years and they have three beautiful children.
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The couple even starred in their own reality show together called Eric and Jessie: Gome On. This show ran for three seasons and scored pretty high in the ratings.
Christian Ponder and Samantha Ponder
Samantha Ponder moved from Arizona to NYC to kickstart her broadcasting career. After college, she took an internship with ABC and stuck with the company until her she eventually got what she wanted.
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Through journalism, Samantha Ponder eventually met Chris Ponder (quarterback of the Vikings) and they got together shortly after that. They actually both shared the same last name before they got married. Now they have two children, and they’re as happy as can be.
Connor McGregor and Dee Devlin
Although Connor McGregor and Dee Devlin aren’t married, they have been happy together for 10 years. She was there for Connor since the beginning of his career, even before he started fighting in the UFC.
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Nowadays, Dee works as Connor’s financial manager while Connor fights to make money. Dee and Connor had a son in May of 2017, they named him Conor Jr.
Matthew Stafford and Kelly Hall
These two lovers met at the University of Georgia in their freshman years, and they’ve been together ever since. Kelly attributes their relationship to Matt’s sense of humor.
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The couple got married in 2015, right when Matt was given the title of the “highest-paid athlete” in NFL history. Matt and Kelly have no plans to start a family as of right now.
Russel and Ciara Wilson
Ciara was originally dating Future in the early 2000s. They had a child, and they were engaged until 2014 when their relationship came to an end.
CW+RW
After Ciara broke up with Future, she waited about a year until she met Russel Wilson, who was the starting QB for the Seattle Seahawks. A year after they got together, they got engaged. Now, their firstborn baby is about to turn two-years-old.
Ryan Braun and Larisa Fraser
Ryan Braun is the long-standing left fielder for the Milwaukee Brewers, he met Larisa Fraser from attending the same studio as her while she was doing a lingerie shoot.
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This couple had their first baby a year after they married in 2012. They are still together, after some major bumps in the road, and it doesn’t seem like they’re going to split.
Novak Djokovic and Jelena Djokovic
Novak is a world-renowned tennis player from Serbia who continues to win competitions consistently. After returning home with a minor injury, he got in touch with his childhood best friend, who ended up becoming his wife.
Novak and Jelena were together for eight years before they decided to get engaged. Their wedding came quickly after their engagement, and they made an announcement that they had a baby on the way. Stefan was born in 2015, and their latest child, Tara, was born in 2017.
Cam Newton and Kia Proctor
Kia was a struggling single mother before she matched with Cam Newton, the QB for the Carolina Panthers, on a dating site. They hit it off immediately, and they made their public debut in 2013.
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Cam and Kia had their first child in 2014, and even though they are not married at the moment, their co-parenting strategies have been overwhelmingly positive and healthy.
Tom Brady and Gisele Bundchen
It’s an incredible coincidence that the world’s highest-paid supermodel ended up with the longest-running starting QB in history. According to a personal source, Tom and Gisele were introduced through a mutual friend and instantly fell in love.
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Today, this couple lives in a beautiful mansion in Massachusetts with their two kids, one of which was born of Tom’s ex-girlfriend, right after Tom and Gisele got together. Despite the cheating, Gisele is happy and confident with Tom.
Ryan and Lauren Tannehill
Ryan and Lauren met during spring break while they were both attending Texas A&M. They got together several years later.
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The Tannehills got married in 2012 and had their first child in 2016, named Stella Rose.
Larsa and Scottie Pippen
The Chicago Bulls icon, Scottie Pippen, married Larsa in 2000. Larsa then went on to start a career in show-business. She starred on The Real Housewives of Miami and had four kids in the meantime.
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Recently, the couple has been going through some drama, with Larsa filing for divorce after 19 years of marriage. They were on the brink of divorce once, five years ago, but that never went through.
Justin Verlander and Kate Upton
You might remember Kate Upton from her cover page of Sports Illustrated. During this shoot, she met her husband, Justin Verlander, in the background of the studio.
KU+JV
The couple had a rocky start, breaking up, dating on and off, until 2014 when they started dating consistently. Justin proposed in 2016, and they got married several months later in Tuscany.
Michael Phelps and Nicole Johnson
Michael and Nicole met in 2007 at the ESPY Awards ceremony, where they hit it off immediately and started becoming a “thing”.
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Michael and Nicole broke up in 2012 while Michael was preparing for the 2012 Olympics. They got back together in 2014 and got engaged in 2015. In 2016, they had their first child.
David and Victoria Beckham
Victoria was a former member of the Spice Girls (she was Posh Spice). She and David got together for the first time in 1998, and they got engaged within the same year.
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Victoria and David have four children, three boys, and one girl. They are considered to be the “ideal” Hollywood couple.
Luis Suarez and Sofia Balbi
Sofia and Luis met when they were children (15 and 13 to be exact). Luis was notoriously a terrible person, but a phenomenal soccer player.
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Later on in life, Luis relaxed. He won a ton of awards for being one of the greatest Spanish soccer players who ever lived and married Sofia in 2009. They now have two kids.
Lebron James and Savannah Brinson
The greatest basketball player to ever live (hot take) met Savannah during a high school football game. Their first date was going out to an Outback Steakhouse, and he kept his basketball prowess a secret until Savannah showed up to one of his games one day.
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Lebron proposed to Savannah in 2011, and they married in 2013. Now they have three children who live in a beautiful mansion.
Jay Cutler and Kristin Cavallari
Cavallari started her career as an actress and a contestant on the MTV reality show “Laguna Beach”. The couple got engaged in 2011 but called the wedding off shortly after they got engaged.
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The couple reconciled several months after they split up, and they ended up getting married in 2013. Now, six years later, they are happy and have two sons.
Neymar JR. and Bruna Marquezine
Neymar is a brilliant soccer player, and Bruna is an incredible model and actress. Their relationship started falling onto the rocks after celebrity gossip got to the both of them.
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They have split up numerous times since they met in 2012, but something about their relationship continually brings them back together, their wedding isn’t planned at the moment, but it’s rumored to be happening soon.
Tony and Candace Romo
Candace used to cover Tony’s high school football games via local broadcast. She had always been fascinated in his play and wanted to get close to him over the years.
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The couple got together shortly after high school, and on Candice’s 24th birthday, Tony proposed to her. She said yes and they married two years later during the NFL lockout.
Derek and Hannah Jeter
Derek and Hannah have a mutual interest in swinging at balls. Hannah was a member of the Caribbean National tennis team, Derek took a liking to her when she came to New York to compete for her country.
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The Jeters got engaged in 2015 and married in 2016. They are happily married and enjoying retirement with their daughter, Bella Raine.
Golden and Elise Tate
Elise met Golden while they were at the University of Washington. Elise was studying marketing and sales, and she later took that degree and became the director of business development at a well-known ad firm.
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The Tates just had their first child, and the couple advocates for animal rights together.
Dustin Johnson and Paulina Gretz
Paulina is the oldest daughter to the legendary hockey player, Wayne Gretzky. Evidently hockey and golf have a lot of similarities because once her father retired from the ice, his daughter married the longest driver on the PGA tour.
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Dustin and Paulina started dating seven months before they got married. Now they have two sons, who are beginner golfers as well.
Aaron Rogers and Danica Patrick
A double athlete matchup! Danica met Aaron at the 2012 ESPY Awards and really hit it off, but they were both in committed relationships at the time. Aaron and Danica broke up with their respective partners within one month of one another.
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Aaron has yet to pop the question, but his relationship with Danica is casual and strong. Both of them are still highly involved in their athletic careers, so they will likely get together once things slow down for them.
Dwayne Wade and Gabrielle Union
Dwayne met Gabrielle through friends of friends, and he admitted that he loved her 2000 show Bring it On. The couple started seeing one another in secret until they came out to the public.
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Dwayne and Gabriele briefly split up in 2013 but ended up getting back together and getting married in early 2015.
David and Kim DeJesus
Kim is a wonder woman. Working as an actress and model to fund her artwork, she eventually won the Katherin K. Herberger award for her paintings.
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David and Kim got together in 2012, got married, and shortly after had their first child. David, who is a recently retired baseball player, considers himself to have a perfect life.
Mike Fisher and Carrie Underwood
Carrie’s bassist set her and Mike up on a blind date. Carrie, who is a huge baseball fan, fell for Mike immediately.
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This couple married in 2010 and had their first child in 2017. They both live together in Nashville, where Carrie had always wanted to raise a family.
AJ McCarron and Katherine Webb
Katherine is a beauty queen, AJ is a quarterback, this is the ages-old tale of romance.
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The couple married a couple of weeks ago, and they are still happy in their respective careers, taking their family life slowly.
Lionel Messi and Antonella Roccuzzo
This unlikely couple had been friends since they were just three-years-old. Lionel stayed in contact with Antonella for his entire life, but they kept their relationship a secret.
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They came out to the media in 2008, and they married in 2016. Despite knowing one another since childhood, their relationship seems to be consistently growing stronger by the day.
Evan Longoria and Jamie Edmonson
Oddly enough, Jamie was a police officer for the majority of her life until she was recruited to a Miami Dolphins cheerleader.
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The Longoria’s are happily married, with one daughter who is approaching 10-years-of-age. Jamie became a playgirl to bring in some extra cash, and Evan doesn’t seem to mind.