Lauren and Cameron (season 1)

The first season of Love Is Blind debuted in 2020, culminating in two of the franchise’s biggest success stories. One of them is Lauren Speed-Hamilton and Cameron Hamilton, who many would deem the franchise’s poster couple.

“We made the most use of our time possible,” Cameron told Entertainment Weekly. “We went into the pods with things that we wanted to talk about in mind. The conversation came very naturally. It all just felt fated and surreal.”

Since their televised wedding, the couple published a book (Leap of Faith), started two podcasts, and positioned themselves as relationship gurus via their YouTube channel.

In October 2024, they discussed Lauren’s fertility struggles on their Love Seat podcast. “When I saw what you were going through, in terms of taking the medications, doing the daily shots, knowing that IVF and all this stuff wasn’t really something that you naturally wanted to do but you did it for me,” said Cameron. “You showed me a new level of love that I’d never seen before.” 

Lauren added, “It has affected us as a couple because it has made us feel more connected. We support each other. We’re more in tune now.”

Amber and Barnett (season 1)

Matt and Amber Barnett overcame a little bit of jealousy and a lot of credit card debt to cultivate a stable relationship. What’s more, they’re on the verge of becoming parents.

In October 2024, the couple revealed a baby is on the way. While guesting on the first episode of The Love Seat, a podcast hosted by fellow Love Is Blind alums Lauren and Cameron, Amber said, “I sent myself back to school because I felt like we were in a place where I could do that. I had the support, and I was mentally there. And then over summer break he just went and knocked me up.”

As of writing, Amber has revealed on Instagram that she started dilating early, meaning the baby could arrive well before its due date.

“Don’t mind us, just freaking tf out a bit,” she wrote. “Baby B is staying in for now! But holy crap does this kid know how to give me a panic attack already! We are nowhere near prepared yet mentally or materially… we haven’t had our baby showers, I haven’t gotten maternity pics done, we still haven’t even decided on a middle name yet. Y’all please pray this headstrong baby waits a little longer to arrive.”

Alexa and Brennon (season 3)

An unlikely pair that sailed to the altar with few complications, Alexa and Brennon Lemieux seemed ready to say “I do” after their first date in the pods. Now, they’re not only still together, but also the parents of a baby girl named Vienna Ziva Lemieux.

They announced the pregnancy in January 2024, revealing it had been a long process.

“We’ve been trying for almost a year and a half, so it was a lot,” Alexa told PEOPLE at the time. “I went through some fertility treatments and nothing worked. I was really nervous that maybe we’re never going to be able to have kids… I want to be a mom. That’s all I ever wanted to be, and so, it was just a very down time for me. I was really going through it because I’m like, ‘I can’t do the one thing that I feel like I was put on this earth to do.’ And for me, it strips you of your womanhood. That’s what it felt like. And feeling like I was broken.”

The pair were considering setting up an IVF appointment when they learned a baby had been conceived naturally. In August 2024, Alexa and Brennon introduced the world to Vienna in an Instagram post.

“She has mommy’s hair and daddy’s dimples and we couldn’t be more in love,” Alexa wrote.

“She has mommy’s hair and daddy’s dimples and we couldn’t be more in love,” Alexa wrote.

Colleen and Matt (season 3)

Look, we’re as surprised as you are, but Colleen Reed and Matt Bolton are, by all accounts, still together.

There were many reasons to be skeptical. Matt was, after all, the third guy Colleen chose after two rejections. She also raised eyebrows when flirting with one of previous suitors — goodness, remember Cole? — outside the pods. And then there were her and Matt’s onscreen fights, which didn’t bode well for their future.

But the couple appeared happy at the Love Is Blind season 6 reunion, revealing that they’d finally moved in together (another point of contention).

“This last year we moved in together and it’s been a smooth transition,” the couple told PEOPLE while celebrating their third wedding anniversary in July 2024. “Living together we have progressed so much in our relationship, we get to truly see every bit of one another. It has changed how we communicate and respond and settle in to our routines. Matt is the chef and Colleen is the decorator. Thrilled to say that the future is bright for the Boltons!”

Bliss and Zack (season 4)

Zack Goytowski and Bliss Poureetezadi had one of the stranger journeys on Love Is Blind, mainly because Zack initially broke up with Bliss in favor of Irina Solomonova, who quickly proved herself to be perhaps the meanest contestant in the show’s history.

After a disastrous trip to Mexico where Irina appeared repulsed by everything Zack did, the couple split and Zack went crawling back to Bliss. It was a testament to their deep bond that Bliss was able to look past his poor decision-making. “Everyone deserves a second chance,” Bliss told EW during the season. “Because of the strong connection that we built, I was going to give an opportunity for a second chance. Because I believe that this was my person, and I was right.”

It turned out to be the right choice, as the couple remains happily married. They even welcomed a child together last May, a baby girl named Galileo Terri Rayne.

“We are so in love with our precious, beautiful baby girl,” Zack and Bliss told PEOPLE. “We are forever changed and are so blessed to spend the rest of our lives loving her. She is our moon, our stars, the center of our universe.”

Zack and Bliss even brought their little one to the Love Is Blind season 7 reunion.

“We are so in love with our precious, beautiful baby girl,” Zack and Bliss told PEOPLE. “We are forever changed and are so blessed to spend the rest of our lives loving her. She is our moon, our stars, the center of our universe.”

Zack and Bliss even brought their little one to the Love Is Blind season 7 reunion.

Chelsea and Kwame (season 4)

Kwame Appiah and Chelsea Griffin nearly didn’t make it. Before walking down the aisle, he uttered the two words no one wants to hear on their wedding day: “cold feet.” Kwame was hesitant to take the plunge for several reasons, the most prominent being his mother’s refusal to attend the wedding. Family matters, after all.

He did, however, say yes, and the couple is approaching their third anniversary.

While the couple’s Instagram accounts are filled with doting posts about each other, Kwame recently shared a distressing update about his health.

Revealing that he’d been diagnosed with ulcerative colitis, an inflammatory bowel disease, he said, “One, just a quick reminder that life is incredibly precious. I didn’t realize how important the normal things I did in my day were for me until I couldn’t do them,” he said. “Lesson No. 2: Small things can lead to big problems if we ignore them, so don’t. Lesson No. 3: Information is everything. You have to know what it is if you are going to fight it.”

He ended the video by thanking Chelsea.

Tiffany and Brett (season 4)

“Imperfectly perfect for each other,” Brett Brown and Tiffany Pennywell Brown said while celebrating their two-year wedding anniversary in 2024. That’s news to us since they seemed damn near perfect on their season.

One of the franchise’s strongest couples, Brett and Tiffany have flexed their connection at Love Is Blind reunions and on social media, where they revealed last fall that they’re new homeowners.

“Who would’ve thought a reality TV show would lead us to our happily ever after?” they wrote in a joint post. “We’ve explored the world, created unforgettable memories, and built a rock-solid foundation of laughter, trust, and unconditional love. Imperfectly perfect for each other, we’re proud to be living life on our own terms and savoring every moment together.”

We could crack a joke or two, but what is there to say? He had a lot of sneakers? She fell asleep in the pods? That just makes them more relatable.

Milton and Lydia (season 5)

Lydia Velez Gonzalez was at the center of so much drama on Love Is Blind season 5, so shock was a natural reaction when she and Milton Johnson, who is seven years her junior, tied the knot.

While Milton kept a cool, calm demeanor throughout the season, Lydia found herself in hot water when the other contestants found out she was in an “on-and-off situationship” with another contestant, Uche, just months before filming.

“This is not ideal. This is not what I wanted,” she told EW. “You don’t want to find out that that person that you used to date was on the show. It’s so uncomfortable and such an unfortunate situation for everybody involved. I was like, ‘Oh my God, what should I do?’ At that moment, they haven’t taken us out of the pod yet. There was a lot of baggage in our relationship, and most of it was the lack of communication on his end.”

None of it seemed to phase Milton, however, and the couple remains happily married after nearly three years. In a recent Instagram post with Milton, she described him as, “Young fine tall handsome.”

“It feels longer [than two years],” Lydia told PEOPLE last year. “It’s like, ‘Oh really, just two years?’ I cannot imagine my life without Milton anymore, I don’t even remember what that was like.”

Amy and Johnny (season 6)

Let’s be honest: These two were a snooze. We say this, of course, as drama-hungry consumers of a television program. In actuality, being a snore on Love Is Blind is probably the best indication that you’re in it for the long haul. Many congrats, then to Johnny McIntyre and Amy Cortés. We never want to hear you talk about birth control again.

As anyone who watched the show knows, Johnny and Amy were obsessed with each other from the start. As Johnny revealed to EW, they even broke the rules in order to spend more time together before the wedding.

“They told us we were supposed to be apart for, I think, three days before the wedding, to really think about our decision and what we want to do,” he said. “And of course, we were apart only for three minutes before my Uber came to pick me up, and then Amy took my car to go back to her hotel, then that Uber picked her up, so [producers] didn’t really know. Did anyone yell at us? No, but we definitely knew we were both going to say yes well in advance.”

They still appear obsessed with each other, routinely posting travel pics (and lip-syncs) with their adorable dog in tow.

They do, however, wish they weren’t the only couple from their season to get married. “Learning about all the other couples, what they were dealing with in their own day-to-day lives, that was the biggest realization or biggest shock that we got from watching everything back again,” Johnny told EW.

Taylor and Garrett (season 7)

Taylor Krause and Garrett Josemans only hit a couple speed bumps on their way to the altar. The first, however, was a big one. “Garrett and I weren’t initially really attracted to each other,” Taylor said on the Sorry We’re Cyrus podcast.

“Hold on, hold on,” Garrett clarified. “Initially, as in at the reveal.”

Thankfully, the spark became a flame as the couple spent more time together. It was nearly blown out, however, when Taylor caught Garrett lying about messages he’d exchanged with an ex after exiting the pods. It was pretty tame stuff, though, and only served to ruin the season’s Great Gatsby-themed party. (Side note: Fights are always more entertaining when the couples are in costume.)

Since tying the knot, the couple moved to Washington D.C., a compromise Taylor, who initially hoped to move to San Diego, chose to make.

Speaking on The Viall Files podcast, the couple revealed that the decision over where to move felt “irreconcilable” at first. “That was our biggest struggle this summer was working through that together and understanding we still love each other, wanna make this work, but these are real feelings that we’re feeling and trying to understand them and communicate them at the same time,” said Garrett.

But if Taylor’s Instagram is any indication, the couple seems to be thriving in The District.