->''[[Creator/CraigMcCracken Craig]] and [[Creator/LaurenFaust Lauren]], sitting in a tree!''
->''D-R-A-W-I-N-G!''
-->-- '''Narrator''', ''The Making of [[WesternAnimation/{{The Powerpuff Girls 1998}} The Powerpuff Girls]] featurette''

People who are creators, whether it be music, film, TV or whatever, are human, and most humans meet their partner through work. This means they will at some point inevitably end up in a romantic relationship with -- or sometimes get married to -- someone in their creative business. Sadly, these boyfriends/husbands/girlfriends/wives (the latter two are more common for [[MostWritersAreMale some reason]]) will sometimes attract that insidious form of DieForOurShip {{Fan Dumb}}ness known as YokoOhNo. And then there's the dreaded CoupleBomb.

A Creator Couple, on the other hand, is the nice, happy opposite to the YokoOhNo -- a trope for the times the opposite happens, when said love interest has something good to contribute to the entertainer's work, and sometimes becomes a key part of said work (but this is not strictly necessary all of the time for the trope), said love interest has his/her own talents and isn't just a useless DungeonmastersGirlfriend, and cooler heads prevail and the fandom embraces said love interest without the whole DieForOurShip bitching. One major downside to this arrangement is that if the couple's romantic relationship ends, the professional relationship usually dies along with it, [[WorkingWithTheEx though there are some exceptions]].

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!!Example subpages:

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* CreatorCouple/{{Music}}
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!!Other examples:

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[[folder:Cross-Category]]
* Music/DavidBowie and his entrepreneur/model wife Iman.
* Author Creator/NeilGaiman and musician Music/AmandaPalmer.
* Director Creator/CameronCrowe and musician Nancy Wilson (of Heart). From 1986 until 2010, anyway.
* Since their marriage, recording artist/actress Rebecca Pidgeon has appeared in most of Creator/DavidMamet's movies (and some plays), and he has written or co-written lyrics to some of her songs.
* Music/BeastieBoys' Mike D and director Tamra Davis, who, if memory serves right, directed one of their videos.
* Music/{{U2}}'s Bono and his wife Ali, who is a fashion designer and political activist.
* JuliaChild's husband Paul did the photography for most of her cookbooks and was heavily involved in her television shows. Among other activities, he was the one who selected the wines to pair with Julia's meals.
* Writer Creator/ShigesatoItoi is married to actress Kanako Higuchi.
* Singer Music/ClintBlack and actress Lisa Hartman Black.
* Also, singer Music/BradPaisley and actress [[Creator/KimberlyWilliamsPaisley Kimberly Williams-Paisley]].
* Also, singer Music/KeithUrban and actress Creator/NicoleKidman.
* Singer {{Music/Bjork}} and artist Matthew Barney. They eventually broke up after 13 years, and the separation was incredibly tumultuous, especially considering they had a child together. These experiences led Björk to work on the album Vulnicura.
** And interestingly, the album Vespertine was released during the beginning of their relationship, when she was head over heels in love with him. The result is a very intimate and sensual work. Vulnicura, on the other hand, is intimate also, but for a different reason: it deals with such a personal subject (a break up) and the lyrics detail her anger and grief over the end of their partnership. Vulnicura would then have a successor by the name Utopia, which is widely rumoured to be about Björk's newfound love with Robin Carolan, the owner of the label Tri Angle Records. They apparently share their own songs with each other and play DJ sets together.
*** In the '80s, Björk dated bandmate Þór Eldon (both were in Music/TheSugarcubes at the time). She had a son with him, Sindri.
* Actor Katherine Heigl and singer Josh Kelley (who is also the brother of Music/LadyAntebellum co-lead singer Charles Kelley).
* Rocky Morton and Annabel Jankel have enjoyed directing careers, both solo, and as a team. Morton has helmed a number of music videos, while Jankel has directed a number of films and episodes of TV series. Together, they have worked on ''Series/{{DOA}}'' and ''Film/SuperMarioBros1993'', the latter of which they were actually removed from the set one day, because they were being incredibly hard on the actors (Creator/BobHoskins and Creator/DennisHopper have both gone on record, saying the couple were responsible for a lot of the misery the actors endured making this movie, with Hoskins even saying the couple's, "Arrogance was mistaken for talent.")
* Ross Bagdasarian Jr. and Janice Karman officially took over the ''Franchise/AlvinAndTheChipmunks'' franchise in the late '70s, after they had fallen into obscurity since the passing of Ross Bagdasarian Sr. in 1972. At the time, Karman was already a producer and actress who worked on mostly sexploitation films, and Bagdasarian was a law student; [[WordOfGod Karman explained that on their very first date, Bagdasarian approached her about possibly helping him bring the franchise back]]. Shortly after marrying, the two brought the characters back, and continued to present them in a variety of new albums, singles, animated series, and specials, and even live-action/CGI movies. The only time the franchise was ever out of their hands was from 1996-2002 when they sold the characters to Creator/{{Universal}}.
* Much of Creator/JimHenson's early career was made possible with the aid of his wife, Jane; the two originally created Franchise/TheMuppets together, and worked on a number of different puppetry projects with their creations, such as the locally-produced ''Series/SamAndFriends'', and a variety of commercials for both local and national markets. This continued until the birth of their first daughter, Lisa, when Jane retired from the company she formed with Jim to focus on raising a family.
* Since Creator/JerrySeinfeld's marriage, his wife, Jessica, has had a considerable amount of input on his various projects. Jessica and their three children served as creative consultants for ''WesternAnimation/BeeMovie'', and later, Jerry and Jessica co-produced the short-lived Creator/{{NBC}} series ''The Marriage Ref''.
* Prior to [[Series/{{MASH}} Allan Arbus]]' acting career, he frequently worked with his wife Diane - a renowned photographer who was also later the subject of a biopic (portrayed by Creator/NicoleKidman).
* CountryMusic singer Shannon Lawson is married to music video director Shaun Silva. He directed the video for her 2005 single "Corn Fed".
* Until the mid-to-late 2000s, ProgressiveRock guitarist Steve Hackett (formerly of Music/{{Genesis|Band}}) was married to artist Kim Poor, who designed the majority of his album covers.
* Creator/LilyTomlin and Jane Wagner have been together since 1971 (and married in 2013). During all that time Wagner has been Tomlin's main writer for all of her comedy material.
* Voice actors Creator/TravisWillingham and Creator/LauraBailey are married to each other. This made for [[HilariousInHindsight some very amusing scenes]] in ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist''. Their ''WebVideo/CriticalRole'' co-stars Creator/MatthewMercer and Creator/MarishaRay are also married, having tied the knot between campaigns one and two of the show.
* Music/{{Radiohead}}'s Thom Yorke and artist Rachel Owen. They were together for 23 years. Her artwork was used for the cover art of single "Pop Is Dead" and their breakup inspired lyrics of ''Music/AMoonShapedPool''. Sadly, she would pass away in 2016.
* Creator/NDStevenson and Creator/MollyOstertag, are currently married and while they haven't worked together, they support each other's work greatly and bounce ideas off one another, the former even crediting the latter for an important reveal in season 4 of ''WesternAnimation/SheRaAndThePrincessesOfPower''.
* Creator/SteveBlum and Creator/MaryElizabethMcGlynn, voice-acting veterans, married in 2017, which only seems fitting given their famous roles as [[Anime/CowboyBebop Spike and Julia]].
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[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
* Director Mitsuo Fukuda had his late wife Chiaki Morosawa serve as the story writer for [[Anime/FutureGPXCyberFormula many]] [[Anime/GEARFighterDendoh of]] [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED his]] [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEEDDestiny series]]. She wasn't too popular with the FanDumb, who bashed her ''horribly'', and later [[DelicateAndSickly had very serious health problems]] that ultimately killed her.
* ''Manga/SailorMoon'' creator Creator/NaokoTakeuchi is married to ''Manga/YuYuHakusho'' and ''Manga/HunterXHunter'' creator Creator/YoshihiroTogashi. She also dated the ''Manga/AhMyGoddess'' author Kousuke Fujishima: their relationship was over almost at the same time Takeuchi started dating Togashi, though it didn't stop some JPN tabloids from feasting over the situation.
* ''Manga/CaseClosed'' creator Gosho Aoyama used to be married to Conan's voice actress Creator/MinamiTakayama.
* ''Manga/TheFiveStarStories'' creator Mamoru Nagano is married to voice actress Creator/MariaKawamura and ''Manga/CaptainTsubasa'' creator Yoichi Takahashi was once married to Tsubasa's seiyuu Creator/YokoOgai. In the case of Nagano and Kawamura, there ''was'' a LoveTriangle between them and Creator/YoshiyukiTomino, which caused problems as the three worked together...
* Creator/HideakiAnno of Creator/StudioGainax married Creator/MoyocoAnno, author of ''Manga/SugarSugarRune''. He credits her and Creator/HayaoMiyazaki with being his biggest supports through his {{Creator Breakdown}}s during ''Anime/RebuildOfEvangelion''.
* The anime director Toshiki Hirano (''Anime/{{Dangaioh}}'', ''Devil Lady'', ''Zeorymer'', ''Anime/SeiJuushiBismarck'' aka ''Anime/SaberRiderAndTheStarSheriffs'') is married to the manga author Narumi Kakinouchi (''Manga/VampirePrincessMiyu''). In fact, Hirano directed both the ''Miyu'' OAV and TV series.
* Anime designer and director Yoh Yoshinari is married to producer Naoko Tsutsumi, who worked alongside Yoshinari as such on ''Franchise/LittleWitchAcademia'' and ''Anime/BNABrandNewAnimal''.
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[[folder:Art]]
* Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera, both famous Mexican painters.
* Boris Vallejo and Julie Bell.
* Adam Hughes and Alison Sohn.
* Designers Charles and Ray Eames. A lot of people assumed Ray was [[GenderBlenderName Charles' brother]].
* Married Abstract painters Jackson Pollock and Lee Krasner.
* Laura Theresa, the second wife of Creator/LawrenceAlmaTadema, was a [[https://eclecticlight.co/2016/10/31/laura-theresa-alma-tadema-the-womans-world/ successful painter in her own right]], specializing in domestic scenes of women and children.
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[[folder:Circus]]
* Anna Haining Bates (neé Swan) and Martin Van Buren Bates were circus performers (namely, giants) in the late 1800s. Anna was 7'11" and Martin was only slightly shorter at 7'9". They fell in love while working together and eventually married in June 1871. To this day they hold the record for tallest married couple ever by a ''wide'' margin. They also hold the record for largest baby at birth (22 lbs, 28 inches long) --[[TearJerker but sadly, their child only survived 11 hours.]]
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[[folder:Comics]]
* The ''ComicBook/ElfQuest'' creators, Wendy and Richard Pini, are a married couple.
* Marian Churchland, creator of Beast and one of the artists for ''ComicBook/{{Elephantmen}}'', and Brandon Graham, creator of Multiple Warheadz and King City. They will sometimes make covers and backup material for each other's comics.
* Though they're divorced now, Lynn Varley did some amazing color work for many of Creator/FrankMiller's best comics.
* Jimmy Palmiotti and Amanda Conner.
* Mike Allred, creator of ''Madman'', has his work almost exclusively colored by his wife Laura.
* Robert and Aline Kominsky Crumb are both [[UndergroundComics underground]] cartoonists, whenever they do autobiographical comics together they'll draw themselves in their own style within the work.
* While making ''Lost Girls'', Creator/AlanMoore and the illustrator Melinda Gebbie started a relationship and eventually got married.
* Walt Simonson and Louise Simonson.
* Stuart Immonen and Kathryn Immonen.
* The work of penciller Terry Dodson is usually inked by his wife, Rachel.
* Roy and Danni Thomas.
* David and Liz Lillie (Webcomic/{{Dreamkeepers}})
* Karl and Barbara Kesel (now divorced) wrote ''ComicBook/HawkAndDove'' together.
* John Ostrander and Kim Yale, at least until Yale's untimely demise. Among other things, they created '''Oracle'''.
* Len and Glynis Wein until their divorce.
* Matt Fraction and Kelly Sue Deconnick.
* The Swedish comic ''ComicStrip/{{Elvis|2000}}'' was created by real-life married couple Tony and Maria Cronstam, who based a lot of story arcs [[RealLifeWritesThePlot on their own life]] as a couple. Unfortunately, this has led to the comic's cancellation on account of their separation in real life (which also became a story arc).
* Paul Tobin and Colleen Coover. He writes, she draws.
* Franchise/WonderWoman has been worked on by a number of couples. Her [[ComicBook/WonderWoman1942 original creator]] William Moulton Marston is known to have consulted with his wife Elizabeth and their domestic partner Olive Bryne while designing the hero, ''ComicBook/TheLegendOfWonderWoman2016'' was written and drawn by Renae [=DeLiz=] and colored by her husband Ray Dillon, the creative team for the later section of [[ComicBook/WonderWoman2011 Volume 4]] was married couple Meredith and Brian Finch.
* Creator/EvanDorkin and Sarah Dyer are married and have worked together on some projects, such as writing for ''WesternAnimation/SpaceGhostCoastToCoast'', or Sarah contributing to some ''ComicBook/BeastsOfBurden'' scripts (of which Evan is the main writer).
* Two of the contributors of ''ComicBook/{{Logicomix}}'' and ''ComicBook/{{Democracy}}'' are Creator/AlecosPapadatos and Annie Di Donna, who are married in RealLife.
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[[folder:Fan Works]]
* For a brief time in 2014, Creator/{{Voltalia}} (author of ''Fanfic/MagnaClades'' and the ''[[Fanfic/AnUnexpectedChild Guardiane]]'' [[Fanfic/AllInTheFamily trilogy]]) dated Starcharter-75, who was the author of the [[MissingEpisode now lost]] ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'' fanfic ''The Wrath of Topaz''. She eventually started a relationship with fellow ''Fanfic/SomethingNew'' co-author Measured.
* ''Fanfic/TheBridge'': The author (Tarbtano) and illustrator (Faith-Wolff) are in a relationship.
* ''Fanfic/IAmNotGoingThroughPubertyAgain'' has an in-universe example, where Naruto and Hinata (along with Konohamaru) have been ghostwriting the Ichi Ichia series following Jiraiya's death.
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[[folder:Fashion]]
* Miuccia Prada and Patrizio Bertelli. One of the most prominent couples in the fashion world. They have two children together and also together they revitalized the famous Prada brand founded by Miuccia's grandfather.
* Estée and Joseph Lauder, founders of The Estée Lauder Companies Inc., one of the biggest manufacturer and marketer of prestige skincare, makeup, fragrance and hair care products. Baring the small period of separation in 1939-1942 they were together till Joseph's death in 1982. And they also worked together to make their business what it is now.
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[[folder:Films]]
* Marcia Lucas, Creator/GeorgeLucas' former wife, was a film editor who [[http://secrethistoryofstarwars.com/marcialucas.html played a significant role]] in the production of the first three ''Franchise/StarWars'' films. To summarise: She edited ''Film/ANewHope'', advised George during the script-writing stage of all three films, was present throughout production and generally acted as TheHeart, emphasising characters and emotions and nicely balancing George's fixation on the technical and visual. Creator/MarkHamill himself admitted that Marcia was the only person who could get George to listen to suggestions or drop an idea. Not for nothing did one biographer call her "George Lucas' secret weapon". After their divorce, George suffered the same fate as Ray Davies.
* Gale Anne Hurd, Creator/JamesCameron's first wife, was the producer for ''Film/TheTerminator'', ''Film/{{Aliens}}'', ''Film/TheAbyss'', and ''Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay''. Then he was briefly married to ''Terminator 2'' star Creator/LindaHamilton. And after that, he was married to [[Film/TheHurtLocker Kathryn]] [[Film/PointBreak1991 Bigelow]].
* Creator/PeterJackson and Fran Walsh.
* Sir Creator/LaurenceOlivier and Creator/VivienLeigh.
* Renowned British actor Sir Creator/MichaelRedgrave and his wife, actress Rachel Kempson, worked together in several stage productions and in one film, ''Film/TheCaptiveHeart'' (1946).
* Creator/FritzLang and his second wife Thea von Harbou, who wrote the screenplays for the majority of his early films including ''Film/{{Metropolis}}'' and ''Film/{{M}}''. They split up when 1) Hitler came to power in Germany, 2) Lang left the country, and 3) Harbou stayed and joined the Nazi Party.
* Creator/HelenaBonhamCarter frequently starred in her boyfriend Creator/TimBurton's movies until they broke up in 2014.
--> '''Tim Burton:''' Get my wife and Johnny Depp on the phone!
--> ''Casting director flips open a phone with two giant buttons labeled "Creator/JohnnyDepp" and "Creator/HelenaBonhamCarter".''
--> '''Casting Director:''' I ''literally'' can't do anything else.
-->-- Website/CollegeHumor, "Tim Burton's Secret Formula"
** Before that, Burton used to cast girlfriend Lisa Marie.
* Creator/ChristopherNolan is married to his film producer, Emma Thomas.
* Creator/AlfredHitchcock often said he owed a lot of his success to his wife and collaborator film-editor Alma Reville.
* Creator/ClintEastwood was married to two actresses whom he later directed, Sondra Locke and Frances Fisher.
* Creator/WoodyAllen had a 12-year-long relationship with Creator/MiaFarrow between 1980 and 1992. She appeared in all 13 movies he made between 1982 and 1992.
* ''Film/LittleMissSunshine'' was directed by husband-and-wife team Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Farris. Earlier, they directed many music videos together.
* The concept, script and cast of ''Film/RubySparks'', also directed by Dayton and Farris, was developed by Zoe Kazan and Creator/PaulDano, partners of several years.
* Creator/FrancesMcDormand is married to Joel Coen and has appeared in six of Creator/TheCoenBrothers' films, winning an Oscar for ''Film/{{Fargo}}''.
* Creator/ZackSnyder has stated that he couldn't imagine making his films without the help of his wife Deborah, née Johnson. She co-runs their production house, Creator/TheStoneQuarry.
* ''Drones'' was directed by Creator/AmberBenson and her guy, Creator/AdamBusch.
* Married couple Creator/MillaJovovich and Creator/PaulWSAnderson often work together, with her starring and him directing and/or producing. Same goes for Len Wiseman and his wife, Creator/KateBeckinsale.
* Creator/RobertDowneyJr.'s wife Susan is the true opposite of YokoOhNo -- his fans tend to love her just as rabidly as the man himself. This is because she has been widely credited, including by RDJ himself, with helping him stabilize after a long struggle with drug addiction, as well as contributing to his CareerResurrection in her capacity as a film producer. In particular, she was instrumental in getting him in front of the ''Film/IronMan'' filmmakers for an audition.
* Creator/JohnCarpenter and Sandy King.
* Creator/BlakeEdwards and Creator/JulieAndrews married in 1969, and their marriage lasted until Edwards died in 2010.
* Creator/MelBrooks and Creator/AnneBancroft married on August 5, 1964. Brooks said that "From that day, until her death on June 6, 2005, we were glued together."
* Creator/GeorgeBurns and Creator/GracieAllen were married in 1926, and constantly worked together on stage, radio, and finally television, until she retired in the late 1950s, shortly before her death. He never remarried.
* Creator/BenStiller often costars with wife Christine Taylor, who usually plays his character's {{Love Interest|s}}.
* Creator/NataliePortman met her director husband Benjamin Millipied on the set of her movie ''Film/BlackSwan''.
* Creator/JudyGarland and Creator/VincenteMinnelli. They [[RomanceOnTheSet met on a set of]] ''Film/MeetMeInStLouis'' and made a few others together while they were married.
* Creator/GingerRogers and Creator/FredAstaire play a fictional Creator Couple, Josh and Dinah, in ''The Barkleys of Broadway''. They perform a musical comedy act together on Broadway. When Dinah decides to perform roles in serious plays, the two get into an argument over it, but he helps her out by pretending to be someone else and guiding her over the phone to improve her acting. She is a good actor, but only when she has a good director.
* Creator/SpencerTracy and Creator/KatharineHepburn, besides being ThoseTwoActors and having great on-screen chemistry with each other, also had an enduring romantic relationship which they never spoke publicly about, since Tracy was married (and technically estranged since he wouldn't divorce her because he was a devout Catholic) to actress and fundraiser Louise Treadwell. The two never appeared in public together when there wasn't a publicity reason for it, and Hepburn neither attended Tracy's funeral nor even spoke to acknowledge their relationship until Treadwell had passed on.
* Creator/BazLuhrmann has worked with the same designer on all his films, his wife Catherine Martin. In fact, she's won four Oscars for her work on his films, making her the Australian person with the most Oscars in history, while he doesn't have any (although ''Film/MoulinRouge'' did get nominated for Best Picture).
* James Ivory, best known for films such as ''Literature/HowardsEnd'' and ''Literature/TheRemainsOfTheDay'', had nearly all his films produced by professional/life partner Ismail Merchant under Creator/MerchantIvory Productions until the latter's death in 2005. Their partnership is still the longest in independent film, lasting for 44 years.
* Actor Creator/AllanCorduner and his spouse, writer Juha Sorola, have worked together since 2010. Corduner directed ''An Act of Valour'', a 2010 short film written by Sorola. They were cast as Anthony and Jack, respectively, in ''Amendment'', a 2014 film which Sorola also wrote.
* Although the marriage eventually folded, Creator/KennethBranagh and Creator/EmmaThompson made a few excellent movies together, including ''Film/MuchAdoAboutNothing''.
* Husband and wife duo Creator/CarrieCoon and Tracy Letts have worked on three film and TV projects together: ''Film/ThePost'', the second season of ''Series/TheSinner'' and the upcoming ''Film/GhostbustersAfterlife''.
* Creator/JonathanNolan and his wife, Lisa Joy, are both the showrunners of ''Series/{{Westworld}}'' where they also directed and wrote several episodes. Nolan is also the producer of ''Film/{{Reminiscence}}'' which is his wife's first movie director debut.
* Creator/FedericoFellini's wife Giuiletta Masina performed in the majority of his films.
* Creator/JeanMarais starred in some of his lover Creator/JeanCocteau's most notable films, such as ''Film/{{Beauty and the Beast|1946}}'' and ''Film/{{Orpheus}}'', in addition to the storied stage body of work they did together.
* If Creator/MichelHazanavicius directs a film, you can expect his wife Creator/BereniceBejo to play in it.
* Director Creator/QuinnShephard cast Creator/NadiaAlexander as supporting character Harper in ''Film/NotOkay''. The couple had [[RomanceOnTheSet met during filming]] of ''Film/{{Blame|2017}}'', Shephard's directorial debut, which both starred in. During the final days of ''Not Okay'''s filming, Alexander proposed and Shephard accepted.
* Along with directing ''Film/{{Barbie|2023}}'', Creator/GretaGerwig also co-wrote the script with her boyfriend and fellow filmmaker Creator/NoahBaumbach. Gerwig has also starred in several of Baumbach's films, most notably ''Film/FrancesHa'' and ''Film/{{White Noise|2022}}''.
* Real-life married couple Jack Armstrong and Alecia St Legia play uncredited passengers in ''Film/DoctorInTrouble''.
* British actress Creator/LindaHayden appeared alongside her then-boyfriend Creator/RobinAskwith in four films during the 1970s, including two installments in the ''Film/ConfessionsOfASeries''.
* Film/MissMarple's friend Mr. Stringer is played by Creator/MargaretRutherford's husband Stringer Davis.
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[[folder:Literature]]
* Leo Tolstoy's wife, Sofia, not only helped him raise their 13 children but was also his copy editor for all his manuscripts (she ended up copying, by hand, the complete manuscript of ''Literature/WarAndPeace'' at least 7 times).
* Science fiction authors Creator/HenryKuttner and Creator/CLMoore became writing partners after they married. Kuttner excelled at plotting and world-building, while Moore excelled at literary style, and their collaborative works combined both their strengths. Most of their works were published as by only one of them, but it's believed almost everything published by either of them during their marriage was a collaboration.
* [[Creator/DavidEddings David and Leigh Eddings]]: ''Literature/TheBelgariad'' and ''Literature/TheMalloreon'' were credited only to David, but in his later work he acknowledged his wife's input, giving her co-author status.
* Stanley and Janice ("Stan" and "Jan") Berenstain are most famous for their [[Literature/TheBerenstainBears series of children's books about a family of bears]].
* Creator/RobertLouisStevenson relied heavily on his wife's advice when writing. The story about ''Literature/TheStrangeCaseOfDrJekyllAndMrHyde'' goes that after she read his first draft and told him to rewrite it as an allegory, he burned the manuscript so that he wouldn't be tempted to keep any of what he had.
* Several married authors (such as the above listed and Creator/DJMacHale) often have their spouses read their material as beta readers and for creative advice. In several instances, this pays off well.
** An example of this is Creator/StephenKing. His wife, Tabitha, is a published novelist in her own right, and he frequently credits her critiques for improving his work. Possibly the most notable example was when she pulled the first pages of ''Literature/{{Carrie}}'' ''out of the trash'' and persuaded him to finish it by promising to fill in what he didn't know about teenage girls.
** Ditto Creator/VladimirNabokov and his wife, Vera, to whom he often dedicated his books.
** Jonathan Safran Foer and Nicole Krauss' sophomore books: ''Literature/ExtremelyLoudAndIncrediblyClose'' and ''Literature/TheHistoryOfLove'', respectively, were dedicated to each other and are so similar that critics are convinced that the two consulted with each other while writing them.
* An unusual example is NicciFrench, who is/are actually a husband and wife writing team (real names: Nicci Gerrard and Sean French). They write alternate chapters and then rewrite each other's texts.
* ''Literature/{{Frankenstein}}'' by Creator/MaryShelley was edited by her husband, renowned poet Creator/PercyByssheShelley.
* [[Creator/FScottFitzgerald F. Scott]] and Zelda Fitzgerald were each [[TheRoaringTwenties Jazz Age]] authors, though not at the same time. As [[http://harkavagrant.com/index.php?id=197 Kate Beaton notes]], they each contributed to one another's {{Creator Breakdown}}s.
* Creator/KAApplegate and Creator/MichaelGrant ("[[PortmanteauCoupleName Applegrant]]") developed and wrote the ''Literature/{{Animorphs}}'', ''Literature/{{Everworld}}'', and ''Literature/{{Remnants}}'' series together, though Applegate's name appears on the covers alone for simplicity reasons. They now mostly work on their own separate YA series.
* Ellen Kushner and Delia Sherman, who collaborated on ''Literature/{{The Fall of the Kings}}''.
* Creator/IlonaAndrews, PenName of the wife-and-husband team Ilona and Andrew Gordon.
* Carl von Clausewitz and his wife Marie were intellectual equals; their letters are filled with discussion of artistic, military and political subjects and Marie was often the first reviewer of Carl's writings. Indeed, foreseeing his early death, he made her promise she would see to the publication of ''[[BigBookOfWar On War]]'' because she knew and understood his master work better than anyone else.
* ''Literature/YouLookDifferentInRealLife'' has an in-universe example. Lance and Leslie Rogers, creators of the ''Five at...'' series of documentaries, got married after ''Five at Eleven'' was filmed but before it came out.
* Creator/AndyGriffiths' wife Jill is also his editor and has helped with writing some of his later books. [[https://www.andygriffiths.com.au/faq/ According to Andy]], "She particularly loves working on the rhymes."
* Creator/NeilGaiman met Music/AmandaPalmer after she commissioned a set of short stories from him for her ''Who Killed Amanda Palmer'' project. The stories were published in an illustrated book with contributions from several photographers. Gaiman and Palmer later married.
* ''Literature/RetiredWitchesMysteries'': This series is one of many by husband-and-wife team Joyce and Jim Lavene, who wrote mysteries together for almost sixteen years.
* ''Literature/BruceCovillesBookOf'' features two stories by husband and wife team Debra Doyle and James D. Macdonald.
* The creators of ''Literature/TatuAndPatu'', Aino Havukainen and Sami Toivonen, are married.
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[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
* ''Series/{{Battlestar Galactica|2003}}'''s resident vocalist, Raya Yarbrough, has been involved with the resident composer, Music/BearMcCreary, since the two were in college at USC, and [=McCreary=] credits her as being a guiding influence in his life. The two collaborated on all four seasons of ''Galactica'' and married in 2010.
* Creator/GeneRoddenberry's second wife, Creator/MajelBarrett, played several roles in the various ''Franchise/StarTrek'' series, most notably Nurse Christine Chapel in ''[[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries The Original Series]]'' and Lwaxana Troi in ''[[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration The Next Generation]]'', and provided the voice of the onboard computers in all series and movies until her death in 2008 - she also provided the computer's voice in [[Film/StarTrek2009 the 2009 movie]], having recorded her lines before dying. Notably, she was cast as first officer Number One in the original pilot, but NBC torpedoed the entire idea - they weren't really enthusiastic about the idea of having a woman in an important role but were mostly pissed at Roddenberry for casting his girlfriend in the role.
* Francesca Buller, Ben Browder's wife, played four different characters on ''Series/{{Farscape}}''.
* Creator/JohnCleese and his then-wife Creator/ConnieBooth created and wrote ''Series/FawltyTowers'' together. By the time of the second season, they divorced, but [[WorkingWithTheEx still could work together effectively.]]
* Creator/GerryAnderson and Sylvia Anderson (best known for shows such as ''Series/{{Thunderbirds}}'' and ''Series/{{Space1999}}'') married and then divorced during the decade-and-a-bit they were producing shows together.
* Jed Whedon (younger brother to Creator/JossWhedon) and his wife Maurissa Tancharoen not only co-wrote ''WebVideo/DoctorHorriblesSingAlongBlog'' with Joss, but also wrote several episodes of ''Series/{{Dollhouse}}'' together (which are considered by fandom to be some of the best) and went on to write season 2 episodes of ''Series/SpartacusBloodAndSand''. Several tracks of Jed's first album, History of Forgotten Things, also feature Maurissa on vocals.
** Similarly, Joss' wife Kai Cole did female vocals for the "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS6E7OnceMoreWithFeeling Once More With Feeling]]" demo.
* ''Series/{{Castle|2009}}'' creator Andrew Marlowe based the show on his own relationship with his "muse", his wife Terri Edda Miller. She is also a writer and wrote some of the best-loved episodes of the show.
* Sue Vertue has served as producer on several of [[Creator/StevenMoffat her husband's]] shows. Their courtship was of course [[LifeEmbellished fictionalized]] in the show ''Series/{{Coupling}}''.
* Creator/MichaelChiklis has credited his wife with changing his image from the tubby, well-meaning figure in ''Series/TheCommish'' to the lean, muscled badass in ''Series/TheShield''.
* Also from ''The Shield'', the series was created by Shawn Ryan. His wife, Cathy Cahlin Ryan, played Vic's long-suffering wife Corinne.
* Creator/ChristaMiller has had roles in three of her husband Creator/BillLawrence's shows: a guest role that became recurring on ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'', a starring role on ''Series/CougarTown'', and a role on ''WesternAnimation/CloneHigh''.
* Creator/WillArnett and Creator/AmyPoehler frequently end up working on the same projects, frequently in a romantic pairing. Their first appearance together was on ''Series/ArrestedDevelopment'' (where she played the girl that GOB married while drunk), and the most recent in the American dub of ''Anime/{{Arrietty}}'' (as the title character's parents). Perhaps the most {{Squick}}-worthy was in ''Film/BladesOfGlory'', where they played a brother and sister... [[BrotherSisterIncest and still were romantic partners]].
* Creator/TinaFey met her husband, Jeff Richmond, when they were both at Second City, she as an improv-er and he as a pianist. Since then they've worked together in some capacity at both ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' and ''Series/ThirtyRock''.
** This trope also applies to ''30 Rock'' writers and cast-members John Lutz and Sue Galloway ([[TheDanza Lutz and Sue]])
* Creator/MaryTylerMoore and her then-husband Grant Tinker were this during TheSeventies.
* Probably one of the oldest TV examples was Creator/DesiluStudios with Creator/LucilleBall and Desi Arnaz, whose marriage lasted from 1940 to 1960.
* Creator/BettyWhite was married to Allen Ludden (best known for hosting ''Series/{{Password}}'') from 1963 until his death in 1981.
* ''Series/MurderSheWrote'', starring Creator/AngelaLansbury, was produced by her second husband, Peter Shaw.
* Creators of ''Series/Numb3rs'', Creator/NicolasFalacciAndCherylHeuton, are married.
* Canadian comedian Steve Smith is best known for ''Series/TheRedGreenShow'' today, but his first television appearances were with his wife Morag in the shows ''Smith And Smith'' and ''The Comedy Mill''.
* Television news example: Chet Curtis and Natalie Jacobson were husband and wife co-anchors on ''NewsCenter 5'', local news broadcast of WCVB Channel 5 (ABC station in Boston, MA); Chet passed on in 2014 at 74, while former wife Jacobson is still living at 79, but is retired from the station.
* Alex Karras and Susan Clark were the married co-stars of ''Series/{{Webster}}'' on ABC and in syndication from 1983-89; they even had their own vanity plate, Georgian Bay Ltd. (which was IAW Creator/{{Paramount}} Television [starting in 1986 and going to the end of the run, their co-star, Emmanuel Lewis, who was in the title role, got his own card, Emmanuel Lewis Entertainment Enterprises, Inc., which would come after the Georgian Bay, Ltd. card, and before the Blue Mtn. of Paramount, and later, in syndication, the CGI Mtn. of Paramount]).
* Gilda Perry (the wife of writer Jimmy Perry) appeared as an ornament on a bric-a-brac stall in the final episode of ''Series/TheGnomesOfDulwich''.
* Creator/JoannaLumley was recently divorced from Jeremy Lloyd, when he played her onscreen boyfriend in ''Series/ItsAwfullyBadForYourEyesDarling'', Bobby.
* Two [[TheOtherDarrin Other Darrin]] examples from ''Series/DadsArmy'':
** Creator/ArthurLowe's wife, Joan Cooper, [[YouLookFamiliar played guest roles]] during the series, then [[RecastAsARegular took over the role]] of Godfrey's sister Dolly towards the end of the show's run.
** Creator/IanLavender's then-wife, Suzanne Kerchiss, appeared in "My British Buddy" as the second actress to play Pike's girlfriend, Ivy.
* In ''Series/ItAintHalfHotMum'', Creator/JohnClegg's (Gunner Graham) wife, Creator/MavisPugh, guest starred in the episode "Ticket to Blighty" as Commander Crisp. Several years later, Pugh starred in ''Series/YouRangMLord'' as Lady Lavender, wherein Clegg appeared twice as Mr. Franklyn.
* ''Series/TheYoungOnes'':
** Creator/RikMayall co-wrote the series with his then-girlfriend Lise Mayer.
** Neil's parents from "Sick" were played by Creator/BrianOulton and Peggy Thorpe-Bates, who were married in RealLife.
* ''Series/RedDwarf'': Director Ed Bye's wife Creator/RubyWax played Blaize Falconberger in "[[Recap/RedDwarfSeasonIIITimeslides Timeslides]]" after the [[WhatCouldHaveBeen original choice]], Creator/GrahamChapman, DiedDuringProduction.
* ''Series/OhDoctorBeeching'': Creator/IvorRoberts' wife Jessica played his onscreen wife (also named [[TheDanza Jessica]]) in "The Van".
* George and Constance Bird from ''Series/FriendsAndNeighbours1954'' were played by an actual married couple, Creator/PeterButterworth and Janet Brown.
* Some of the actors' spouses also starred in ''Series/AufWiedersehenPet'':
** Creator/TimHealy's wife, Denise Welch, appeared as Jean, the new resident of Oz's flat.
** Creator/KevinWhately starred with his wife, Madelaine Newton, who played Dennis' girlfriend, Christine Chadwick.
* ''Series/RuPaulsDragRace'': While the show has yet to feature an active couple in the same season, several drag couples have competed in separate seasons: Sahara Davenport and Manila Luzon (seasons 2 and 3 respectively), Sharon Needles and Alaska Thunderfuck (4 and 5), and Nebraska Thunderfuck and Derrick Berry (5 as a guest and 8). Other queens have partners that are active in other ways: Chad Michaels is married to costume designer Adam Magee, and Latrice Royale's husband Christopher Hamblin is her assistant and a musician in his own right.
* ''Series/OnTheBuses'': Creator/AnnaKaren's husband Terry Duggan played five different characters across the seres, and also appeared in [[Film/OnTheBuses the film]] as Nobby.
* ''Series/OnlyFoolsAndHorses'': Douglas Hodge, the then-husband of Creator/TessaPeakeJones, who plays Raquel, was cast as the grown-up Damien in Rodney's dream in "[[Recap/OnlyFoolsAndHorsesS8E01HeroesAndVillains Heroes and Villains]]".
* ''Series/ManAboutTheHouse'': Creator/YoothaJoyce's ex-husband Glynn Edwards appeared in "The Tender Trap" and "Another Bride, Another Groom" as Mr. Plummer, Chrissy's father.
* ''Series/TheTrainNowStanding'': Bill Fraser's wife, Creator/PamelaCundell, appeared throughout Series 1 as Rosie.
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[[folder:Manhua]]
* ''Manhua/LittleCherry'' creator Yang Shangjun is married to fellow cartoonist Zhang Guoxiao, who produced the manhua and AnimatedAdaptation and is the chairman and owner of the company the couple founded.
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[[folder:Professional Wrestling]]
* In the Wrestling/{{WWE}}, there's current COO and Head of Creative Wrestling/TripleH and Chairwoman and Co-CEO Wrestling/StephanieMcMahon.
* WWE has several other past and present examples:

** Wrestling/TheUndertaker married his second wife Sara in 2000 before she would be involved in his feuds with Wrestling/DiamondDallasPage and Wrestling/BrockLesnar the following year and 2002, respectively. They divorced in 2007 and, since 2010, he has been married to Wrestling/MichelleMcCool, who averts this trope with him.
** Wrestling/RusevAndLana are married in real life.
** As are [[Wrestling/DeanAmbrose Jon Moxley]] (Dean Ambrose in WWE) and interviewer/commentator Renee Young.
** Both of the [[Wrestling/TheBellaTwins Bella Twins]] fall into this category. Brie is still there, being the wife of [[Wrestling/BryanDanielson Daniel Bryan]]. Nikki was this from 2012 to 2018 with Wrestling/JohnCena, but they broke things off about a month before they were to get married.
** Wrestling/RandySavage and Wrestling/MissElizabeth were married in kayfabe at [=SummerSlam=] in 1991 but had actually been married since 1984, before they arrived in what was then the WWF. They divorced in 1992.
** Wrestling/BookerT began dating his current wife Sharmell in 2000, when both were in Wrestling/{{WCW}}—Booker as a wrestler, and Sharmell as part of the Nitro Girls dance team. They got married in 2005 and remain so today.
** Wrestling/EddieGuerrero and Wrestling/VickieGuerrero are actually an aversion of this trope; Vickie didn't become an on-screen personality until after Eddie's death in 2005.
* DDP married his first wife Kimberly in 1991 before she joined him in the wrestling business. She went on to become Page's valet and a Nitro Girl. They would divorce in 2005.
* Miss Elizabeth was in a real-life relationship with Wrestling/LexLuger when she died in 2003.
* When he was booker for WCW, Wrestling/KevinSullivan booked himself in a feud with Wrestling/ChrisBenoit. As part of the feud, Benoit was having an affair with Sullivan's onscreen valet and real-life wife Nancy, and Kevin forced the two to act as if the affair was real. Nancy wound up leaving Kevin for Chris in real life, and they married in 2000. They stayed married until [[PaterFamilicide Chris murdered Nancy and their son before killing himself]] in 2007.
* Wrestling/StacyKeibler had two boyfriends that she was paired up with on-screen: Wrestling/RicFlair's son David in WCW and Wrestling/{{Test}} in WWE.
* [[Wrestling/{{WWENXT}} NXT]] star Wrestling/AdamCole and Wrestling/{{A|llEliteWrestling}}EW's Wrestling/BrittBaker, now in a long-term relationship, met while working the indies. Cole left WWE to join Baker in AEW in 2021.
* In Japan, Wrestling/KensukeSasaki and Wrestling/AkiraHokuto.
* A historical example from Japan: [[Wrestling/GiantBaba Shohei "Giant" Baba]] and his wife Motoko. She spent most of her adult life playing his "bad cop". This came back to bite her after his death, with almost all of Baba's [[Wrestling/AllJapanProWrestling Japanese roster]] joining [[Wrestling/ProWrestlingNoah an untested startup]] led by top draw Mitsuharu Misawa.
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[[folder:Theatre]]
* George Balanchine choreographed many ballets for his second wife, Vera Zorina.
* Music/KurtWeill married, divorced and later remarried Creator/LotteLenya.
* Pick one of Vincenzo Bellini's more frequently performed operas, and the only one with a libretto not written by Felice Romani will be ''I Puritani'' (written by Carlo Pepoli).
* Elmer Rice's second wife, Betty Field, played the leading role in three of his plays.
* Dancer Donna [=McKechnie=] and director-choreographer Michael Bennett. Bennett cast [=McKechnie=] in lead dancing roles in ''Theatre/PromisesPromises'', ''Theatre/{{CompanySondheim}}'' and ''Theatre/AChorusLine'', though their actual marriage only lasted a few months. This is referenced in the latter show through the characters of Zach and Cassie, a director and former lead dancer who are ex-lovers.
* Writer and playwright Jean Kerr occasionally collaborated with her husband, stage critic Walter Kerr.
* Bob Fosse directed, choreographed and wrote the book for ''Theatre/{{Chicago}}'' at the request of his third wife, Gwen Verdon, who played Roxie Hart during its original Broadway run. In addition, according to multiple sources, including their daughter and the bio series ''Series/FosseVerdon'', Verdon had been practically a co-choreographer with Fosse [[RomanceOnTheSet since they met during]] the original production of ''Theatre/DamnYankees''.
* Michael Arden and Andy Mientus were engaged during the conception and run of the Deaf West revival of ''Theatre/SpringAwakening'', and married afterwards. Mientus, [[RoleReprise having played Hanschen]] in the national tour of the original version, [[DescendedCreator stepped in]] after their original actor landed a film role and director Arden was panicking about finding a replacement. He ended up playing the role from Los Angeles to the closing of the Broadway production. Initially, Arden asked Mientus whether he was sure he'd want to work with his fiancé and thought he wouldn't.
--> '''Mientus:''' I think one of our biggest issues our fear of the perception of what was going to happen. What the cast was going to do, thinking they couldn’t complain to me or that I’d be the eyes of the production. People are smarter than that. It’s really been easy. [...] I think we are both very used to getting past each other’s bullshit for lack of a better word. We are together. We’ve been friends for about a decade. We don’t have to hide behind something, the way you do with people you don’t know as well.
--> '''Arden:''' We spend all our time together so I’d say the challenge is we don’t get much time away from work together. I thought it was going to be a little strenuous or difficult. I want what’s best for the play and also what’s best for our relationship. When Andy is on stage I don’t think of him as my husband-to-be and I think that’s a testament to his talent and his work commitment. I wouldn’t have hired him had he not been the best person for the job.
* Creator/MatthewBroderick and Creator/SarahJessicaParker met in 1991, starred together in the revival of ''Theatre/HowToSucceedInBusinessWithoutReallyTrying'' in 1996, and have been married since 1997. They also acted together in a 2020 Broadway revival of ''Plaza Suite'', which would later transfer to London. Despite both actors being better known for their film and television roles, they have only ever acted together on stage.
* Kim Crosby met Robert Westenberg during the original run of ''Theatre/IntoTheWoods'' with Crosby playing Cinderella and Westenberg playing Cinderella's Prince. The two ended up getting married in real life, [[spoiler: lasting much longer than their characters.]]
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[[folder:Sports]]
* The sports world has its share of romantic partnerships. For just a few examples:
** Basketball:
*** The former marriage of WNBA superstar Candace Parker and NBA journeyman Shelden Williams.
*** Brooke and Scott Stoehr took it to the next level, serving together as head coaches of Northwestern State University in Louisiana for a couple of seasons until leaving in 2016 when Brooke (alone) was named the new head coach at Louisiana Tech.
*** A brief same-sex example was that of WNBA players Brittney Griner and Glory Johnson, whose marriage didn't even last a month before breaking up amid domestic violence allegations.
*** A more recent same-sex example is also from the WNBA, with active superstar Diana Taurasi and recently retired superstar Penny Taylor tying the knot in 2017.
*** Not to mention Allie Quigley and Courtney Vandersloot, longtime WNBA teammates with the Chicago Sky. In fact, they have a PortmanteauCoupleName among WNBA fans: [=VanderQuigs=].
*** Yet another same-sex example is Erin Phillips and Tracy Gahan, respectively an Australian and American who met as teammates in Australia. Phillips is by far the better-known of the two, having been a longtime WNBA star and now team executive, as well as a major star in the recently created AFL Women's in Australian rules football.
** Gymnastics:
*** Although both had retired from the competitive side of the sport by the time they married, Nadia Comăneci and Bart Conner.
*** Béla and Márta Károlyi, who formed a legendary coaching team, first in communist Romania and later in the U.S., from the mid-1960s until Béla retired in 1997. Márta carried on solo until retiring after the 2016 Olympics.
** Ice hockey:
*** Matt and Shannon Desrosiers served together as head coaches for the women's team of Clarkson University (an NCAA Division III school that fields Division I teams in men's and women's ice hockey) for six seasons, ending with a national title in 2014. Shortly after the title game, Shannon stepped down and left Matt in sole charge; they already had one young child and were shortly to have a second, and she wanted to concentrate on being a mother.
*** In another same-sex example that also fits GoKartingWithBowser: In September 2018, Gillian Apps and Meghan Duggan tied the knot. Apps is a now-retired captain of the Canada national team. At the time of the wedding, Duggan was captain of the USA national team. In women's hockey, the two countries have one of the most intense rivalries in all of world sports -- since the two first squared off in the 1990 World Championships, all but two finals in either the Olympics or Worlds have been Canada–USA.[[labelnote:Exceptions]]2006 Olympics (Canada–Sweden) and 2019 Worlds (USA–Finland)[[/labelnote]]
** Field hockey:
*** In still another same-sex example, British women's internationals Helen Richardson and Kate Walsh married in 2013, both taking the surname Richardson-Walsh. They won Olympic gold medals with Team GB in 2016.
** Tennis:
*** Steffi Graf and Creator/AndreAgassi
*** Chris Evert was involved in two relationships within the sport: first a brief romantic relationship in the mid-'70s with Jimmy Connors, then marriage with John Lloyd from 1979 to 1987. See "Cross-sport" below for Evert's other two marriages.
*** UsefulNotes/RogerFederer met his wife -- the former Miroslava "Mirka" Vavrinec -- when they represented Switzerland in tennis at the 2000 Olympics.
** Football/soccer:
*** Two marriages of US women's superstars and [[UsefulNotes/MajorLeagueSoccer MLS]] players: Alex Morgan and Servando Carrasco, and Sydney Leroux and Dom Dwyer.
*** A same-sex example: the former marriage of US women's legend Abby Wambach and former pro player Sarah Huffman.
*** Also same-sex: 2019 US Women's World Cup teammates Ashlyn Harris and Ali Krieger got engaged a few months before the competition.
** Volleyball:
*** American beach volleyball players Casey Jennings and three-time Olympic gold medalist Kerri Walsh Jennings.
** Cross-sport:
*** Zach Ertz (NFL) and Julie Ertz (née Johnston; soccer)
*** Mia Hamm (soccer) and Nomar Garciaparra (Major League Baseball)
*** Jrue Holiday (NBA) and Lauren Holiday (née Cheney; soccer)
*** Jeff Wilson (New Zealand international in both rugby union and one-day cricket) and the former Aline Harper (NZ netball international)
*** A former example: Nancy Lopez (golf) and Ray Knight (MLB)
*** Chris Evert's other two ex-husbands are also sportspeople: Alpine skier Andy Mill (1988–2006) and golf legend Greg Norman (2008–2009).
*** Ana Ivanović (tennis) and Bastian Schweinsteiger (football)
*** Jennie Finch (softball pitching legend) and Casey Daigle (journeyman MLB pitcher)
*** In another case where both partners had retired by the time they married, Amy Van Dyken (multiple Olympic gold medals in swimming) and Tom Rouen (NFL punter).
*** Now-retired Danish tennis star Caroline Wozniacki has been in two such relationships. First, she was in a relationship with Northern Ireland golf superstar Rory [=McIlroy=], with the two getting engaged in 2014, but [=McIlroy=] broke off the engagement a few months later. She married former NBA player David Lee in 2019.
*** Sue Bird (basketball, WNBA) and Megan Rapinoe (soccer) have been dating for several years and are engaged as of 2021.
* Countless professional ice dancing and ballroom dancing couples are also romantically involved.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Video Games]]
* Yoshikatsu Fujita (programmer) and Reiko F. Nojima (artist) of [[Creator/LittleWing LittleWing Co. Ltd.]], creators of original DigitalPinballTables.
* Scott and Alexis Adams founded Creator/AdventureInternational together and collaborated on writing some of its InteractiveFiction games.
* Casper Croes had his girlfriend provide the soundtrack and the voice of the titular protagonist of the former's ''VideoGame/{{Alisa}}''.
* Married couple Creator/AbbyHoward and Tony Howard-Arias are Black Tabby Games, the two-person team behind ''VisualNovel/ScarletHollow'' and ''VisualNovel/SlayThePrincess''. Their studio named is derived as a portmanteau of "Tony" and "Abby".
* Video game composer duo Takayuki Iwai and Yuki Iwai (née Satomura), who married in 1996 while working on the music for various Creator/{{Capcom}} titles. Some of their most notable work (individually and together) includes ''VideoGame/GargoylesQuest'', ''VideoGame/{{Mega Man X|1}}'', ''VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}}'', ''VideoGame/StreetFighterIII'', ''VideoGame/StreetFighterAlpha 3'', ''[[VideoGame/RivalSchools Project Justice]]'', and the entirety of the ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom'' series prior to ''[[VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom2 MvC2]]''. After leaving Capcom's employ in 2000, the couple would form their own freelance sound unit, Wavelink Zeal (later [=ZEAL★DoQMaL=]), and continue to contribute music to titles such as ''VideoGame/RType Final'', ''VideoGame/MusashiSamuraiLegend'', ''VideoGame/TwinkleStarSprites: La Petite Princesse'', and ''R-Type Tactics''.
* Stevie "[=KillCreek=]" Case did some level design for [[Creator/JohnRomero her then-husband's]] ''VideoGame/{{Daikatana}}''.
* Jane Jensen and Robert Holmes, creator and composer (respectively) of the ''VideoGame/GabrielKnight'' series.
* Inform, a programming language for InteractiveFiction, was created by Creator/GrahamNelson. His wife Creator/EmilyShort contributed majorly to version 7.
* Northway Games, which developed ''VideoGame/IWasATeenageExocolonist'' and ''VideoGame/{{Incredipede}}'', is founded by Collin and Sarah Northway, a married couple.
* Armağan and İpek Yavuz, founders of [=TaleWorlds=] Entertainment and co-creators of ''VideoGame/MountAndBlade''.
* Corey and Lori Ann Cole, the creators of the ''VideoGame/QuestForGlory'' adventure game/RPG series.
* [=NomNomNami=] and Yoyo co-wrote ''VisualNovel/RomanceDetective'', with the two main characters being based on themselves, which backfired when development on ''Romance Detective 2'' [[TroubledProduction came to a halt]] when Nami, who was in her 20s at the time, found out that Yoyo was only ''14 years old'', causing her to break up with him. She ended up releasing ''[=RDR2=]'' in a somewhat incomplete state.
* Ken and Roberta Williams, the founders of Creator/{{Sierra}}.
* Creator/YokoTaro, the creator of the ''VideoGame/{{Drakengard}}'' and ''VideoGame/{{Nier}}'' series, has his wife Yoko Yukiko (née Ono), the creator of ''VideoGame/TaikoNoTatsujin'' series. This is quite jarring since the former is (in)famous for [[TrueArtIsAngsty his deep and overly dark narratives where a true happy ending (usually) doesn't exist]], while the latter works for a lighthearted and adorable rhythm game series.
* The studio that created the ''VideoGame/TastyPlanet'' series, Dingo Games, consists of the husband-and-wife duo of James and Kristin Sayer, who have worked in many other games and projects together. James serves as the games' programmer, while Kristin is the artist.
* Last Day of Work, creator of ''VideoGame/VirtualVillagers'', is founded by husband-and-wife duo Arthur and Carla Humphrey.
* Designers/writers Tetsuya Takahashi and Kaori Tanaka (better known as Soraya Saga) got married while working at Creator/SquareSoft in the '90s and have since collaborated on ''VideoGame/{{Xenogears}}'', the first two episodes of ''VideoGame/{{Xenosaga}}'' and the NoExportForYou DS game ''VideoGame/SomaBringer''. She also designed the Rare Blade Gorg in ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles2''.
* The founding members of Creator/KillmondayGames, the studio behind ''VideoGame/FranBow'' and ''VideoGame/LittleMisfortune'', are married couple Isak and Natalia Martinsson. Isak is the lead programmer and music writer, while Natalia is responsible for the story writing, character designs, and animation (and in the case of ''Little Misfortune'', voicing the titular character).
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Webcomics]]
* Yan "Kern" Gagne and Mary "Kite" Garren of ''Webcomic/{{Drowtales}}'' work on the series together, and originally met through the roleplay section of the site.
* [=DeBray=] and Tracy Bailey of ''Webcomic/{{Catena}}''.
* Mel Hynes and James Grant of ''Webcomic/TwoLumps''.
* ''Webcomic/TheLifeOfNobTMouse'' was all but dead until Jennifer Kirk pushed its creator, Zoe Robinson, into resurrecting it. Now they both work on the comic and have created ''Webcomic/AllOverTheHouse'' together, too.
* Yuko and Ananth of ''Webcomic/JohnnyWander'', though their relationship seems so downplayed you'd think they were PlatonicLifePartners
* ''Webcomic/QuestionableContent'''s Jeph Jacques' then-wife Cristi also served as his business manager.
* ''Webcomic/{{morphE}}'' is created by Studio imagiBROS, a couple of couples. Creator/Artist Alexis Royce is married to lead writer [=ChibiSilverWings=] while CG Artist Shadowednavi is married to compiler Camden Bayfield. ''[=morphE=]'' is literally a labor of love.
** As of 2019-2020, Shadowednavi and Camden are no longer together, though Camden is still a member of the imagiBROS, and worked on Full Service Shop.
* ''Webcomic/{{Terra}}''[='s=] Holly Laing and Drew Dailey were working on the comic before their wedding and put it on a brief hiatus for the ceremony and honeymoon.
* ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'' is written by husband/wife team Phil and Kaja Foglio.
* ''Webcomic/MSFHigh'' is written by Wraith and drawn by Aakashi, who, while not officially married, have been together for about a decade as of this writing.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Web Original]]
* Actors Sean Persaud and Creator/MaryKateWiles have been together since approximately 2014 and make up half of WebVideo/ShipwreckedComedy. They married in 2023.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Western Animation]]
* John and Faith Hubley have done animation for ''Series/SesameStreet'' and the Creator/NationalFilmBoardOfCanada.
* Paul and Sandra Fierlinger created the Teeny Little Super Guy for ''Sesame Street''.
* Bill and Susan Kroyer, the people behind ''Technological Threat'' and ''WesternAnimation/FernGullyTheLastRainforest'', and were the founders of Creator/KroyerFilms.
* Creator/LaurenFaust and Creator/CraigMcCracken, who met during the production of ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls1998'' and worked together on ''WesternAnimation/FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends'' and ''WesternAnimation/WanderOverYonder''. Also, while Craig wasn't officially involved with the mega-popular ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' (the first two seasons of which were ran by Lauren), he did help design the villain Discord (who debuted in Season 2) and was there for her to bounce ideas off of. He's also since been credited with designing some of the outfits, like the Wonderbolt's uniforms.
* [[Creator/KlaskyCsupo Arlene Klasky and Gabor Csupo]], co-creators of ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'' and animators for the first season of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', divorced in 1995 but are [[WorkingWithTheEx still working together on projects.]]
* Some of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' episodes were written by wives of the showrunners. And several episodes were written by Creator/DanCastellaneta (voice of Homer) and his wife Deb Lacusta.
* The late Creator/WayneAllwine, who provided the voice for WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse for 32 years, was married to Creator/RussiTaylor, who provided the voice for Minnie. Russi Taylor passed away in 2019, 10 years after her husband's passing.
* Timothy and Julie [=McNally=] Cahill, credited for creating ''WesternAnimation/MyGymPartnersAMonkey'' and the 2012 reboot of ''[[WesternAnimation/LittlestPetShop2012 Littlest Pet Shop]]''.
* Cliff Ruby and Elana Lesser, who have been writing for cartoons together since 1977, back when they were still in college. They married in 1981.
* Chris Reccardi and Lynne Naylor, who worked together on ''WesternAnimation/TheRenAndStimpyShow'' and created ''WesternAnimation/TheModifyers''.
* Stephen Holman and Josephine T. Huang, who founded their stop-motion studio (W)Holesome Products, Inc. in 1993 and created numerous shorts and shows such as ''[[WesternAnimation/KaBlam Life With Loopy]]'' and ''WesternAnimation/PhantomInvestigators''.
* Creator/RebeccaSugar and Ian Jones-Quartey, who met whilst studying animation in New York and went on to develop and co-produce Sugar's series ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'' together. When Jones-Quartey later left ''Steven Universe'' to create his own show, ''WesternAnimation/OKKOLetsBeHeroes'', Sugar provided the vocals for its ending credits song, "It's Only Magic", because they wanted her to be ''some'' part of the show, even if she didn't have time for a bigger one. In 2019, [[https://mobile.twitter.com/ianjq/status/1202694027604180992?ref_url=https%3a%2f%2fs9e.github.io%2fiframe%2f2%2ftwitter.min.html%231202694027604180992 they would]] get married.
* Creator/AlexHirsch met his current girlfriend, Dana Terrace when she was a storyboard artist on his show, ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls''. Although he left Disney, he gave a very enthusiastic endorsement of her upcoming show for Disney, ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'', and still worked on it as a creative consultant and voice actor.
* ''WesternAnimation/MightyMagiswords'' was created by Kyle Carrozza, who also voiced numerous characters. His wife, Lindsay Smith, was a character designer and actor on the show.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Real Life]]
* In American politics, the President and their spouse have often been examples of this trope one way or another:
** First ladies before modern times would usually be "seen and not heard," staying completely out of the limelight and concentrating on social life while their husbands would govern the country. However, there are a few historical exceptions where the First Lady was more-or-less an active member of her husband's administration, and might have had a political career of her own had she been born in a different era:
*** [[UsefulNotes/JohnAdams Abigail Adams]] was her husband's chief confidant and political adviser virtually from the moment they married. Their extensive correspondence reveals that they discussed everything from the state of their Braintree farm and children to the formation of the new Constitution, often by way of how much they missed each other. Though she didn't gain recognition for her impact on the young country until well into the 20th century, Abigail was undeniably the "woman behind the man" for the duration of her husband's career.
*** [[UsefulNotes/WoodrowWilson Edith Wilson]] played a significant role after her husband suffered a debilitating stroke in October 1919, taking over numerous routine duties and, most importantly, decided which matters of state were more important and should be brought to her husband's attention. This caused a moderate constitutional crisis (since First Ladies aren't ''elected'') and helped lead to the 25th Amendment several decades later.
*** UsefulNotes/EleanorRoosevelt was a prominent author, politician, and activist both during [[UsefulNotes/FranklinDRoosevelt her husband's]] presidency and after his death. She was an activist for civil rights, worked to enhance the status of working women (notably chairing the groundbreaking Presidential Commission on the Status of Women), traveled heavily and was one of the people who drafted the UN Declaration of Human Rights.
*** [[UsefulNotes/RichardNixon Pat Nixon]], surprisingly given her reputation as something of a StepfordSmiler. Nixon was the first wife of a Presidential candidate to actively campaign for her husband, spoke out in favor of the Equal Rights Amendment and ''Roe v. Wade'' and often made solo diplomatic trips abroad. Notably, she was the first First Lady to enter a combat zone (e.g. South Vietnam) and the most-traveled First Lady prior to Hillary Clinton.
*** [[UsefulNotes/GeraldFord Betty Ford]] supported women's rights and was one of the first public figures to raise awareness of breast cancer and alcoholism. She was the co-founder of the Betty Ford Center, the most famous drug rehab facility in the country. Her candid comments on FlameBait topics such as drugs, abortion and gun control also set a precedent. Notably, she had a higher approval rating than her husband.
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** Ever since the 90s, it's become commonplace for the First Lady to have her own career and be her husband's professional equal rather than just being an unofficial advisor and/or socialite working in his name:
*** UsefulNotes/HillaryClinton had her own legal and political career completely independent of [[UsefulNotes/BillClinton her husband's]], including stints as Senator and Secretary of State, and two attempted runs for president. In her second and most successful run, she even beat [[UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump her rival]] in the popular vote by almost three million votes, but still lost due to quirks in the American electoral system.
*** [[UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush Laura Bush]] is a former schoolteacher and librarian (meaning she holds a master's degree) who used her platform as First Lady of Texas and later the US to champion increased funding for public libraries.
*** UsefulNotes/MichelleObama is an attorney and published author who was every bit a public figure as [[UsefulNotes/BarackObama her husband]] during his presidency.
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*** [[UsefulNotes/JoeBiden Dr. Jill Biden]] is an English professor who continued teaching throughout Joe's political career. When he became president, she became the first First Lady to have her own separate, paying job outside the White House.
* Emperor Justinian I and Theodora ruled the Byzantine Empire together. He's regarded as one of the empire's best rulers.
* Marie and Pierre Curie shared the 1903 Nobel Prize in Physics (with Antoine Henri Becquerel) for their work on radioactivity. Their daughter Irene Joliot-Curie later won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1935, shared with her husband, Frédéric Joliot-Curie, making this a Creator Family.
* King UsefulNotes/HenryTheSecond of England and Queen UsefulNotes/EleanorOfAquitaine. When they married, Eleanor, who was duchess of Aquitaine in her own right, added her realm to the kingdom of England, thus creating the Angevin Empire.
* Louise of Prussia took on an increasingly important role in guiding the policies of her more cautious husband Frederick Wilhelm III, and succeeded in rousing Prussia against Napoleon, before her early death in 1810. Tellingly, a painting at the Château de Versailles depicting a meeting of the French, Russian and Prussian sovereigns in Tilsitt is titled "Napoleon meets the Queen of Prussia" even though the King of Prussia is ''right next to her''.
* [[UsefulNotes/TheCatholicMonarchs King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella]] united the kingdoms of Aragon and Castile into what is now Spain and ruled jointly.
* King William III and Queen Mary II were the only British royals to rule jointly rather than as monarch and consort.
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