Whenever we break into a new Bachelor or Bachelorette season, we always hope the final two will be one of the lucky couples that make it down the aisle and beyond. But of course, longtime Bachelor and Bachelorette viewers know a love story isn’t guaranteed. Each season is expected to end with a proposal, but how many of those Bachelor and Bachelorette couples are still together?
The success rate of these relationships is low — but not as low as you might think. Between The Bachelor, The Bachelorette, and Bachelor in Paradise, there are quite a few couples still happily together to this day. If you are really cynical about it, that might have something to do with the incentives in place for Bachelor couples to stay together — like the two-year marker that guarantees they get to hang to their Neil Lane engagement rings, or the promise of a fully funded, on-air wedding to score even more reality fame, an option taken by couples like Jason Mesnick and Molly Malaney, or Tanner Tolbert and Jade Roper.
But many couples genuinely credit the franchise for helping them find their person and have even started families with their Bachelor soulmate. Catherine Giudici and Sean Lowe, Arie Luyendyk Jr., and Lauren Burnham, and more have all welcomed Bachelor Nation babies. These couples often return to the franchise to encourage the current contestants that it is possible to find lasting love on the show — even if you have to try more than once.
In the end, it’s still a small percentage of these relationships that work out. But hey! Dating is tricky however you do it, and we’re just happy these couples found each other.
A version of this story was originally published in 2020.
Anna Redman & Chris Bukowski
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Though this couple didn’t come together on TV, they sure do make a TV-worthy match. In March of 2022, Anna Redman from Matt James’ season and Chris Bukowski from Emily Maynard’s season announced they were dating on social media. Since then, the two moved in together and even adopted a dog. So cute!
Abigail Heringer & Noah Erb
While Abigail and Noah parted ways on the 2021 season of Bachelor in Paradise, the fan-favorite couple found their way back to each other post-show and have been happily together ever since.
On August 2023, Noah got down on one knee and popped the question. Over a year later, on Oct. 7, 2024, the pair tied the knot in a beautiful garden wedding in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
“We cherish every day of our relationship and are excited about spending the rest of our lives together,” Abigail told People of their big day. “Marriage means sharing our lives, supporting each other and continuing to grow together in this amazing journey.”
Joey Graziadei & Kelsey Anderson
Joey Graziadei and Kelsey Anderson made our hearts flutter at the season 28 finale of The Bachelor when he proposed to his now-fiancée, Kelsey.
But despite still going strong, they’re taking their time before walking down the aisle. “We also rushed our engagement,” she told Distractify. “We don’t want to rush marriage, so we’re taking our time, and then within the next six months, I think we’ll have a date and location, but TBD.”
Charity Lawson & Dotun Olubeko
Viewers of Season 20 of The Bachelorette saw lead Charity Lawson fall in love and get engaged with Dotun Olubeko.
But despite still being together, Charity revealed to Us Weekly they’ve paused wedding planning, at least for now.
“We’ve taken a pause on it and I’m totally fine announcing that. I feel like people ask all the time, ‘How’s wedding planning? Or where are we at?’” she told the outlet. “For me, I got in this space where I just felt this constant pressure of, like, I need to check off something every month or every week. And it got to the point where I’m like, ‘I don’t wanna do that right now.’ I’m also still just easing into life and normalcy again. Obviously, we’re still getting married. We’re taking a moment, taking a beat.”
Zach Shallcross & Kaity Biggar
After his season of The Bachelor, Zach Shallcross got engaged to fan-favorite contestant Kaity Biggar. Since then, they’ve been building their life together in Austin, Texas.
On Sept. 16, the happy couple announced the newest addition to their family: their new adorable puppy, Honey. “We love her,” Shallcross said in a TikTok. So sweet!
Jared Haibon & Ashley Iaconetti
Ashley Iaconetti and Jared Haibon were friends for years before getting together, meeting on Bachelor in Paradise and enduring a few false starts over the years. But the couple finally found their way to each other and tied the knot in an August 2019 wedding.
They welcomed their first son Dawson in Jan. 2022 and their second, Hayden, on July 22, 2024.
Caelynn Miller-Keyes & Dean Unglert
Caelynn Miller-Keyes and Dean Unglert are another unlikely couple from Bachelor in Paradise. After breaking hearts on Paradise with Kristina Schulman and Danielle Lombard, Dean returned and set his eyes on Caelynn. While the other women warned her not to fall for Dean’s charms, she followed her heart — and the couple is still happily together today.
In Jan. 2021, they purchased a house together in Nevada and in Oct. 2022 they got engaged. Fast-forward to Sept. 23, 2023, and the pair tied the knot in a summer camp-themed wedding in Meredith, Colorado.
“Dean is so compassionate. He has a way of making everyone feel so special and I really admire that about him,” Miller-Keyes told People of her new husband at the time. “He’s taught me a lot in the past four years of us being together.”
“Each year with Dean gets better, so I’m excited to see how we grow as husband and wife,” she gushed. “Hopefully kids are in our future as well.”
After their wedding, both Caelynn and Dean have changed their last names to Bell in honor is his late mother.
Serena Pitt & Joe Amabile
Joe Amabile, AKA ‘Grocery Store Joe’, left Bachelor in Paradise for the second time with new fiancée Serena Pitt, after a rocky season that saw ex Kendall Long trying to find closure from Joe on the beach.
Post-Paradise, Joe and Serena began living together and eventually tied the knot on Sept. 2, 2023. They said their “I do’s” in a “magical” ceremony at in Charleston, South Carolina. “It truly is such a magical day,” Joe told People.
Kenny Braasch & Mari Pepin
This on-again, off-again couple has toyed with our hearts in their season of Bachelor in Paradise, so we’re relieved to say Mari and Kenny are still going strong.
The couple, who got engaged in their season finale, tied the knot in November 2023 in an intimate ceremony in Vega Baja, Puerto Rico.
“The important part is actually finding a person that you want to spend the rest of your life with and that you get along so well with,” Mari told People after their wedding. “And it wasn’t until I met Kenny that I was like, oh yeah, I’m not thinking about that as much as this is the kind of person that I want to be with. That’s really made me realize that it was right,”
Arie Luyendyk Jr. & Lauren Burnham
Arie Luyendyk Jr. shocked the world when he broke up with Becca Kufrin on live TV — weeks after the finale to his Bachelor season had been filmed. But Becca went on to be The Bachelorette, and Arie proposed to his then-runner-up Lauren Burnham during his season’s After the Final Rose special. All’s well that ends well?
Arie and Lauren then tied the knot in January 2019 in a beautiful ceremony at the Haiku Mill in Maui, Hawaii. In May 2019, they welcomed their first daughter, Alessi Ren. Two years later, they welcomed their twins Lux and Senna on June 11, 2021.
Becca Kufrin & Thomas Jacobs
Becca and Thomas’ rocky Paradise romance ended with him in tears and both of them leaving the beach separately — but since then, they’ve more than rekindled the flame at home and seem like a stronger couple than we ever saw on TV.
Kufrin ended up proposing to Jacobs in May 2022 and Jacobs popped the question a few months later in October. On Sept. 21, 2023, they welcomed their first son, Benson Lee. A month later, on Oct. 13, they tied the knot and officially became husband and wife.
JoJo Fletcher & Jordan Rodgers
JoJo Fletcher’s season of The Bachelorette ended with her getting engaged to Jordan Rodgers.
Unlike many other couples from the franchise, however, Fletcher and Rodgers took their time walking down the aisle and tied the knot seven years later on May 14, 2022, at the Sunstone Winery in Santa Ynez, California.
Raven Gates & Adam Gottschalk
Fan-favorite Raven Gates came in second on Nick Viall’s Bachelor season, then found love in Paradise with Adam Gottschalk. The couple chose not to get engaged on the show, but Adam put a ring on it in May 2019.
They married in April 2021 and welcomed sons Gates Zev in Jan. 2022 and Max Asa in July 2023.
Catherine Giudici & Sean Lowe
One of Bachelor nation’s most established couples is Catherine Giudici and Sean Lowe, who met on Sean’s season of The Bachelor. The couple married in 2014, and share three kids: Samuel Thomas, Isaiah Hendrix, and Mia Mejia.
Tanner Tolbert & Jade Roper
Tanner Tolbert and Jade Roper got engaged on Season 2 of Bachelor in Paradise, and married in 2016. The couple lives in Kansas City, and they share three kids: daughter Emerson and sons Brooks and Reed.
Hannah Godwin & Dylan Barbour
Hannah Godwin and Dylan Barbour came together on Bachelor in Paradise in 2019, though their relationship was briefly threatened by Blake Horstmann’s antics. Despite the bumpy ride, the couple got engaged on the Paradise finale.
On Aug. 23, 2023, the pair tied the knot in a luxury wedding in Condécourt, France.
Trista Rehn & Ryan Sutter
Trista Rehn — AKA the first-ever star of The Bachelorette — chose Ryan Sutter in her season’s finale. The couple went on to marry in 2003, and have two kids: Max and Blakesley.
Kevin Wendt & Astrid Loch
Firefighter Kevin Wendt and Astrid Loch met on Bachelor in Paradise but didn’t get engaged until the following August. The couple is now happily together in Toronto, where they both live.
They welcomed their first son, August William Wendt, in Nov. 2021 and their second son, Nash Lochland Wendt, on Oct. 7, 2023.
“Our new favorite moment in life was watching August meet Nash, smiling the whole time and kissing his new baby brother 🥹,” Astrid shared on Instagram.
After delaying their wedding due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the pair also tied the knot in October 2022 at the Powel Crosley Estate in Sarasota, Florida.
Jason Mesnick & Molly Malaney
On Jason Mesnick’s season of The Bachelor, he paved the way for indecisive leads like Arie Luyendyk Jr. by proposing to Melissa Rycroft — then changing his mind and revealing his love for runner-up Molly Malaney on After the Final Rose. The couple went on to marry in 2010, and welcomed kids Riley Anne and Ty in the years that followed.
Desiree Hartsock & Chris Siegfried
Bachelorette Desiree Hartsock chose Chris Siegfried as her fiancé in 2013, and married him in 2015. The couple has two sons: Asher Wrigley and Zander Cruz.
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