- Couples have been trying to find love on "The Bachelor" and "The Bachelorette" for years.
- But most of the couples aren't together anymore.
- Trista Rehn chose Ryan Sutter on season one of "The Bachelorette" and they're still together.
It's hard to believe, but "The Bachelor" and its spin-off "The Bachelorette" have been airing since the early aughts. In total, there have been more than 30 seasons of gorgeous singles trying to find love on ABC.
But shocker: The majority of its stars aren't with the winner they fell in love with over the course of a short few months.
Here's a list of the alums whose unions are still going strong.
Anjelica Oswald contributed to a previous version of this article.
"Bachelor" runner-up, and first "Bachelorette" ever, Trista Rehn chose firefighter Ryan Sutter as her final pick on season one of "The Bachelorette."
According to Rehn, Simon Cowell told her they wouldn't last more than two weeks.
Rehn and Sutter are still together and perhaps the most successful of any "Bachelor" or "Bachelorette" couples in history.
Sutter still has the rose that Rehn gave him more than one decade ago.
The pair got married on an ABC special broadcast on December 6, 2003. They now have two children and Rehn said that one of the keys to their successful marriage is forgiveness.
In more recent years, Rehn has been by Sutter's side throughout his medical complications. Back in November 2020, Rehn revealed that he had been suffering for months from an undisclosed illness.
The following year, Sutter opened up about his immune system weakening due to exposures to toxins, particularly mold. He also said that he tested positive for Lyme disease, COVID-19, and Epstein-Barr virus.
By June 2022, the couple expressed optimism for Sutter's health.
"I feel like my life is coming back," Sutter told People. "And that's been really encouraging."
Entrepreneur Sean Lowe, who starred on season 17 of "The Bachelor," proposed to graphic designer Catherine Giudici.
The two married a year later in 2014.
Lowe released a memoir, "For All the Right Reasons," and has appeared on a bunch of reality shows, including "Dancing With the Stars" and "Celebrity Wife Swap."
The couple also appeared on season six of "Marriage Boot Camp."
They're still going strong and have a son named Samuel. In May 2018, the couple welcomed their second child named Isaiah. Their third child, a daughter named Mia, was born in December 2019.
"I think I have learned better patience when it comes to our marriage and that rage is kind of a waste of time," Giudici told "E! News." "I've been slower to anger when I remember how much Sean loves me and better at explaining how I feel."
Bridal stylist Desiree Hartsock and banker Chris Siegfried from season nine of "The Bachelorette" season are married.
After getting engaged on the finale in 2013, the two got married in 2015.
The couple has two kids.
Hartsock also launched her own bridal dress line and released a book titled "The Road to Roses" in 2021.
They became parents with the birth of Asher in October 2016 and welcomed a son named Zander in January 2019.
Real estate developer JoJo Fletcher and former pro football player Jordan Rodgers from season 12 of "The Bachelorette" are still a couple.
They got engaged in the 2016 "Bachelorette" finale.
The pair finally got married in May 2022.
For years, Fletcher and Rodgers said that walking down the aisle wasn't a high priority for them.
"Life is so unpredictable and we'll take it one day at a time," Fletcher told Us Weekly in regards to wedding planning. "We'll get there when we get there."
The couple also opened up about their relationship struggles during a web series called "Engaged With JoJo and Jordan."
They got married at the Sunstone Winery in Santa Ynez, California, six years after getting engaged.
"It sounds cliché, but I really am marrying my best friend," Fletcher told People. "Everything that's happened in our relationship has only made us stronger. And we just feel so lucky."
In a surprising twist, Rachel Lindsay and Bryan Abasolo got engaged on the season 13 finale of "The Bachelorette" after she broke up with front-runner Peter Kraus.
"Bachelorette" fans were upset.
The pair tied the knot in August 2019.
The couple said "I Do" in Mexico and decided to forgo televising their special day for fans. In an interview with People, Lindsay said "We don't need TV. We don't need to get paid. We don't buy a network, we're doing this because this is what we want to do. I think it has more meaning."
Arie Luyendyk Jr. didn't initially pick Lauren Burnham on season 22 of "The Bachelor," but they're now together.
Arie originally picked Becca Kufrin, who was the most recent Bachelorette, but then dumped her on the show and chose his runner-up, Lauren Burnham. They announced their engagement on the "After the Final Rose" event.
They have three children together.
They welcomed their first child, daughter Alessi Ren, in May 2019. Their twins, Lux Jacob and Senna James, were born in 2021.
The couple is still active on social media and documents their adventures together. In September 2019, they got married for a second time during a ceremony that took place at A Little White Wedding Chapel in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Matt James and Rachael Kirkconnell had a tumultuous experience during season 25 of "The Bachelor."
James gave Kirkconnell the final rose, but didn't propose.
"When I think about the life I want to live, I think about living that life with you," he said. "And I want to leave here with you. And I want to commit to you and to every day moving on, what we started here. And the truth is that I love you."
While season 25 of "The Bachelor" was airing from January to March 2021, racially insensitive photos of Kirkconnell began spreading on social media.
In February 2021, Kirkconnell addressed photos of her at a plantation-themed party in 2018.
"My age or when it happened does not excuse anything," she wrote in a statement shared on Instagram. "They are not OK or acceptable in any sense. I was ignorant, but my ignorance was racist."
The following month, during "After the Final Rose," James and Kirkconnell revealed they had broken up. They got back together, with James telling People that he was focusing on his relationship with her.
James and Kirkconnell are still together.
Since reconciling, the couple has gone on vacations together and supported each other at public events (Kirkconnell cheered James on when he participated in the New York City Marathon in 2021 and 2022).
James also wrote about their relationship in his 2022 book, "First Impressions."
In an interview with People that year, James said he "learned a lot from their relationship."
"And at the end of day, everything that we've been through has prepared us for the future," he said.