Hallmark Movie Couples Played By Real-Life Lovers

Though they've starred as lovers in several Hallmark movies and a network franchise — as well as two episodes of Nickelodeon's "Big Time Rush" — Carlos and Alexa PenaVega didn't meet on set. In 2012, a year before their on-screen debut in "BTR," the couple were acquainted in the same Bible study group. Alexa was newly divorced from her first husband of two years, but the "Spy Kids" alum and boy band singer hit it off, getting engaged in September 2013 and marrying in January 2014. 

After the arrival of their first child, a son named Ocean, Carlos and Alexa worked on their first joint Hallmark movie, "Love at Sea." The 2016 film even included a few cameos from Ocean, who was a baby at the time. The "Sleepover" star told TV Insider in 2018: "Hallmark is all about family. They knew that Ocean was going to be with us anyway, so they wrote a few little scenes where he would be in there."

The couple co-starred in their second movie with the network, "Enchanted Christmas, in 2017. Two years later in 2019, they welcomed a second son, Kingston, and appeared in the first installment of Hallmark's "Picture Perfect Mysteries" series. The PenaVegas acted alongside each other for two more installments in 2020, then in 2021, Carlos and Alexa's daughter Rio joined the family. The duo hit the screen again for Hallmark's 2022 flick, "Love in the Limelight," and also have the upcoming "Never Too Late to Celebrate."