Ever since Fixer Upper introduced us to the charming husband-and-wife team, Chip and Joanna Gaines, we've been obsessed.
These two are down-to-earth, seriously talented, and the ultimate definition of couple goals.
You know what that means: we want to know everything there is to know about them (especially before their return to TV in Oct 2020!), starting with these 10+ facts.
This is too cute.
When Chip paid a visit to Joanna's father's Firestone auto shop, he noticed a photo of Joanna behind the register on the wall.
They finally met in person when Chip had to get his brakes done at her father's shop.
The first thing he said to Joanna was, "Hey, you're the girl in the commercials." It was history from there.
She shared this not-so-romantic story in their memoir, The Magnolia Story.
"Chip was supposed to pick me up at six. Six rolls around. No Chip. Then six-thirty — still no Chip," she wrote.
"Finally, at seven-thirty, a full ninety minutes late, he knocked at the door. 'Don't even answer it,' I whispered to my friends. 'I don't want to go anywhere with this idiot.'"
"He didn't apologize for being late, either. He had so much confidence. I don't know. I can't explain it. Only Chip could be an hour and a half late and have no one mad about it," Joanna wrote.
She's one-quarter German, one-quarter Lebanese, and half Korean.
"My parents met in 1969 when my dad was stationed in Korea and their story is one you hear about in the movies," Joanna wrote in an Instagram post in 2017.
While they both went to Baylor University in Waco, Texas, they were only on campus together for one fall semester in 1998.
Chip ended up graduating with a degree in marketing, while Joanna majored in communications.
She fell in love with being in front of the camera after shooting commercials for her dad's business.
"And by my senior year, I was fortunate enough to snag a pretty decent journalism internship in New York City," Gaines wrote in a blog post.
"When that semester ended, I can remember feeling as though I'd just wasted four years working toward a degree that was no longer of any interest to me," she said.
"I returned to Waco with no plan beyond the fact that I no longer wanted to be a news reporter."
Chip shared the reason with their kids on an episode of Fixer Upper.
"One of mama and I’s first dates I climbed up a magnolia tree and I pulled her off a magnolia bloom and I gave it to her.”
Meanwhile, Chip had flipped his first house in college.
"Once I caught on to the concept of buying something that is undervalued to then put value into it and sell it for a profit, I was hooked, too," she told HGTV.
Talk about a handful!
They have Drake, 15, Ella, 14, Duke, 11, and Emmie Kay, 10. They welcomed their fifth child, Crew, together in 2018.
According to Joanna, Chip even wants more kids!
This was the 800-square-foot fixer-upper in Waco — and, according to Joanna, the favorite home they ever flipped.
“Small house or big, rich or poor — own the space you live in and love what you have.”
This happened after someone from the network saw before-and-after photos of some of the houses they flipped together.
Soon, fans fell in love with the adorable couple and their remarkable talent.
Can you believe it? TV stars without a TV??
Whenever they want to check out their episodes of Fixer Upper, they'll go over to a friend's house or watch it on the road in hotels.
"The show was limiting our involvement in what was taking place here in this office," Joanna said.
"We were pouring so much time into doing this thing that had to fit in this format, and it was a conflict with our growing business."
This is thanks to the partnership they made with Discovery to return to have their own network.
They will have multiple shows on the network, including home design, cooking, and children’s programs.
This blessed couple shares their wealth.
They often donate to various charities, including St. Jude and the Tim Tebow Foundation. Chip even once shaved off all his famous long hair for charity!
