We adore celebrity relationships — the details of how they met, their favorite things about one another, sweet tributes on social media, and everything in between. And we love celebrity weddings just as much. Who doesn’t want to see a new, unique celebrity wedding gown? But the thing we love more than the rest, without fail, is seeing how our favorite celebrities handle parenthood — Instagram baby picture updates and all. And while there’s that old schoolyard chant, “First comes love, then comes marriage, then comes the baby carriage” — some of our favorite celebrity love stories didn’t follow that old-fashioned order.
Some couples have babies before they get married, while others just don’t ever tie the knot. Love isn’t a science and doesn’t have a rulebook. It happens the way it happens. And it turns out that, from Bradjelina to Isla Fisher and Sacha Baron Cohen, there are quite a few A-list celebrity couples who welcomed children before planning a wedding. Check out the celebrity couples who had kids before marriage below.
Dax Shepard & Kristen Bell
Dax Shepard and Kristen Bell have two daughters, Lincoln and Delta. They eloped in Oct 2013 after same-sex marriage was finally legalized in the U.S. But oldest daughter Lincoln was born more than six months prior to that event — in March 2013.
Angelina Jolie & Brad Pitt
Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt were already parents to 6 children before they finally tied the knot in 2014.
Salma Hayek & Francois-Henri Pinault
Salma Hayek and her husband François-Henri Pinault’s love story is nothing short of a fairytale. Actress meets billionaire, falls in love, and then gets married on Valentine’s Day in 2009 — in Paris no less. But here’s a fun fact: Hayek gave birth to their daughter, Valentina Paloma, in 2007 — two years prior to their fairytale wedding.
Serena Williams & Alexis Ohanian
Olympic legend Serena Williams and Reddit founder Alexis Ohanian welcomed their daughter Alexis Olympia Ohanian Jr in Sept 2017, two months before they tied the knot in New Orleans.
Ashton Kutcher & Mila Kunis
Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis have two children together, Wyatt, 7, and Dimitri, 5. The pair married in July 2015, nearly a year after the birth of their first child Wyatt.
Katie Holmes & Tom Cruise
Former lovers Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise had a whirlwind romance. Within a year of dating, they had their daughter Suri, and then exactly seven months later, tied the knot in Italy.
Kim Kardashian & Kanye West
Kim Kardashian‘s life always makes headlines, and her marriage to Kanye West was no different. The pair share four children together and welcomed eldest child North in 2013, a year before they tied the knot.
Madonna & Guy Ritchie
Legendary singer Madonna and English director Guy Ritchie were married for eight years before calling it quits in 2008. But the iconic signer welcomed their son Rocco three months before they tied the knot in Dec 2000.
Matthew McConaughey & Camila Alves
Oscar-winning actor Matthew McConaughey and model Camila Alves have the cutest love story — I mean, they got engaged on Christmas Day in 2011. But before they officially tied the knot in 2012, they already had two children (and Alves was pregnant with their third). Son Levi was born in 2008, daughter Vida in 2010, and a few months after their wedding, they welcomed son Livingston.
Jessica Simpson & Eric Johnson
Jessica Simpson and Eric Johnson had their first two children before they tied the knot in 2014. They had Maxwell Drew in 2012 and Ace Knute in 2013. Simpson gave birth again in 2019 with their daughter Birdie Mae.
Natalie Portman & Benjamin Millepied
Natalie Portman and Benjamin Millepied welcomed their first child, Aleph, in 2011 before marrying in 2012. They had another child named Amalia in 2017.
Mark Wahlberg & Rhea Durham
Oscar-nominated actor Mark Wahlberg and model Rhea Durham had all four of their children before they tied the knot.
Isla Fisher & Sacha Baron Cohen
Notoriously private couple Isla Fisher and Sacha Baron Cohen recently celebrated the 20th anniversary of their first date, but they didn’t tie the knot until 2010 in Paris. They have three children together: Olive, 14, Elula, 11, and Montgomery, 6. They had Oliva back in 2007, three years after they got engaged.
Tobey Maguire & Jennifer Meyer
Tobey Maguire met jewelry designer Jennifer Meyer back when he was shooting Seabiscuit. They tied the knot after four years together in 2007 in Hawaii. And while they filed for divorce in 2020, they share two children together, with their eldest, Ruby, being born in 2006.
Amy Adams & Darren Le Gallo
Oscar-nominated actress Amy Adams married painter Darren Le Gallo in 2015 but gave birth to their daughter Aviana five years prior.
Snooki & Jionni LaValle
Snooki and her now-husband Jionni LaValle had two kids — Lorenzo Dominic, 9, and Giovanna Marie, 7 — before tying the knot in Nov. 2014. They welcomed their third child, Angelo James, in May 2019.
Kristin Cavallari & Jay Cutler
Reality star Kristin Cavallari and Jay Cutler welcomed their first child, Camden, about a year before they tied the knot in 2013 in Nashville.
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