Chip Gaines and Joanna Gaines are nonetheless managing to search out new issues to do collectively, even after greater than 20 years of marriage. The couple lately determined that they need to get in higher form, and are utilizing it as a possibility to spend time collectively in a spot they by no means have earlier than — the gymnasium.
“We joke that we’ve identified one another for 25 years and we’ve by no means as soon as labored out collectively,” Joanna informed Individuals. “Final yr I stated, ‘Chip, let’s begin understanding as a result of I need to be younger for the children.’ I really feel like each alternative I make now will have an effect on me at 70, and I don’t need to wait till I’m 70 to be like, ‘Oops, I want to repair some stuff.’”
Chip and Joanna tied the knot in 2003 and share 5 youngsters. “We simply obtained into [working out], and it’s a completely completely different factor for us,” the Fixer Higher star continued. “We’ve by no means labored out collectively, and now we do. It’s simply us pushing one another and holding one another accountable. It’s been this entire different factor and it feels good to do it. So it’s been enjoyable. We’ve accomplished a lot collectively previously that it’s like this entire new stage in our marriage.”
Though Fixer Higher resulted in 2017, the present was revived in 2021 as Fixer Higher: Welcome House on Chip and Joanna’s Magnolia Community. It was adopted up by Fixer Higher: The Fortress in 2022, Fixer Higher: The Lodge in 2023, and Fixer Higher: The Lakehouse in 2024.
In 2023, Joanna revealed the key to the pair’s marriage, telling In the present day, “A part of it’s simply that partnership and that understanding of, like, Chip’s strengths, what lane that he stays in, my strengths, my weaknesses, what lanes I keep in.” The couple lives in Waco, Texas, with their youngsters.