Your 2000s Crush Is a 'Family Man' Now

Chad Michael Murray is dreamboat to many but husband to just one: wife Sarah Roemer. "She's my person," Murray told Parade in a recent interview. "We function on the same wavelength."

The bona fide 2000s TV heartthrob is back on screen as a main character in the new CW show Sullivan’s Crossing, a romantic drama that follows neurosurgeon Maggie (Morgan Kohan) back to the small town of Sullivan’s Crossing, where she meets the mysterious Cal (Murray).

For Murray, it must feel a little like deja vu—it was 20 years ago that One Tree Hill premiered on The CW, quickly gained a cult following and rocketed him to new heights of fame.

“I am so blessed and grateful to be here, and it feels very full circle,” he told Parade. “[...] I've had so much growth over the last 20-something years. As we all do, right? And here I am, back here. It feels comfortable. Feels nice to be home.”

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Murray, who’s played his fair share of romantic leads, can appreciate it more now that he has a family of his own. “I'm a family man. I've got my amazing wife and three beautiful babies and that's my pack,” he said.

His family is currently enjoying life in Halifax, Nova Scotia, as they moved with Murray to Canada to film Sullivan’s Crossing.

Here’s a deeper look at Murray’s personal life, including his marriage, children and past high-profile relationship.

Is Chad Michael Murray married?

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Chad Michael Murray, 42, is married to Sarah Roemer, 39. The two share a star sign (Virgo), a love for the Buffalo Bills (Murray is from Buffalo) and many travels together, often documented on Instagram.

Who is Chad Michael Murray's wife Sarah Roemer?

Sarah Roemer is an actress. Born in San Diego, she moved to L.A. after high school to start her modeling career and appeared in publications like GQ, Maxim, Cosmopolitan and Esquire.

Roemer’s breakout role came with the 2010 show The Event, where she starred opposite Jason Ritter. She played another lead role in the show Chosen (2013-14) and had guest roles on Hawaii Five-O and Daybreak.

How did Chad Michael Murray and his wife Sarah Roemer meet?

Like many actors dating other actors, Murray and Roemer met on set. They both starred in the 2013 TV show Chosen.

What is Sarah Roemer in?

Sarah Roemer played leading roles in the 2010s TV shows The Event and Chosen, but she’s also a film actor. Her filmography includes Wristcutters: A Love Story (2006), Disturbia (2007), Fired Up! (2009), Hachi: A Dog’s Tale (2009) and more.

Most recently, she appeared in 2021’s Survive the Game, which starred her husband, Chad Michael Murray, and actor Bruce Willis.

When did Chad Michael Murray and Sarah Roemer get married?

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Chad Michael Murray and Sarah Roemer have been notoriously private about their relationship, so it's unclear exactly when they tied the knot. But they've been married since at least January 2015, which is when they announced that they were husband and wife and that they were expecting their first child together.

Murray and Roemer do occasionally share tidbits of their lives and marriage on social media. In 2020, Murray wrote on Instagram: “Since the day we decided down our journey together, my life has been richer, sweeter and better in every way because of you.”

Does Chad Michael Murray have kids with Sarah Roemer?

Murray and Roemer have three kids together, two daughters and one son.

Who are Chad Michael Murray's kids?

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A fairly private couple, Chad Michael Murray and wife Sarah Roemer have shielded their children from the limelight. This includes not sharing their faces or names publicly, so we’ll simply refer to them as Babies No. 1, 2 and 3.

Baby No. 1

Murray and Roemer’s first child, a boy, was born in May 2015, just six months after his parents announced their marriage. He is now 8 years old. He appears to have sandy hair like his dad and a penchant for football.

In a recent video on Instagram, Murray’s son can be seen launching footballs into a net. “Watching the leaps a kid can make every year is utterly fascinating,” Murray wrote in the caption. “We made him take 3 months off & now our boy is starting to dial in for the upcoming season.”

Baby No. 2

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In March 2017, Murray and Roemer welcomed their second child, a girl. She is now 6 years old. From Roemer’s Instagram, it’s clear she’s no exception to the family tradition of blonde hair.

In June of this year, Roemer uploaded a picture of Murray and their daughter walking hand-in-hand in Thailand. The family travels together often, for vacation and filming, and has made temporary moves to Puerto Rico and three different cities in Canada.

Baby No. 3

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Murray and Roemer recently announced the birth of their third child, another girl, on Aug. 19.

Roemer shared a picture of the baby’s heart-shaped birthmark on Instagram. “Our baby girl arrived last week with a heart on her ankle,” she wrote. “We are so in love!”

Who was Chad Michael Murray's first wife?

Chad Michael Murray’s first wife was his One Tree Hill co-star Sophia Bush. Murray, who played Lucas Scott in the iconic 2000s teen drama, had a brief, messy romance with Bush’s character on screen—"brief" and "messy" being key terms in their off-screen relationship, too.

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How long were Chad Michael Murray and Sophia Bush married?

Murray and Bush met on set in 2003 and quickly began a relationship. The pair became engaged in May 2004 and married in April 2005. However, the union didn’t last long. They separated in September 2005, after just five months of marriage, and Bush filed for annulment the following February. By December 2006—one year and eight months after the wedding—their marriage was officially over.

Why did Chad Michael Murray and Sophia Bush get divorced?

In the very complicated world of young celebrity relationships, it’s hard to tell exactly where it went wrong with Chad Michel Murray and Sophia Bush. In Bush’s most recent interview on the topic, she’s made it clear she won’t elaborate on it. “I was a very naive 21-year-old kid, and that's all there is to it,” she told People in 2021.

At the time of the divorce, the rumor was that Murray had cheated on Bush. “Sophia went into the marriage believing in the sanctity of marriage, and Chad simply did not share that vision,” said a friend of Bush’s, as reported by People. Paris Hilton’s ex-boyfriend Nick Carter fed this rumor when he claimed in 2006 that Murray had cheated with Hilton, who he’d acted with in House of Wax (this has never been confirmed).

It seems, from Bush’s perspective, that she never wanted to marry Murray in the first place. In a 2017 Cosmopolitan article, she wrote: “In my 20s, when I was starting out my career as an actor, I wasn’t looking for a relationship, but one found me and became serious, even though I hadn’t planned to settle down until my 30s. But when the person you’re with asks you to marry him, you think: This must be happening because it’s supposed to.”

A year later, she admitted on Radio Andy With Andy Cohen that she had felt pressured to marry Murray. “Because how do you let everybody down [...]? And when you have bosses telling you that you’re the only person who gets a person to work on time, and 200 people either get to see their kids at night or they don’t because our days start on time?”

Bush’s words were met with a firestorm of controversy and a response from Murray’s representative, who called the story “ludicrous” and said “[Chad] has completely moved on and doesn’t feel the need to engage in this type of behavior.”

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