Ed Sheeran and His Wife, Cherry Seaborn, Have Taylor Swift to Thank For Their Romance

Despite knowing each other since they were 11 years old, the pair went off to embark on their respective careers before reconnecting in 2015. Their first date? Taylor Swift's Fourth of July party in Rhode Island. "I went on tour again, and then I went to Taylor's 4th of July party," he told People. "I was texting [Seaborn], and she was like, 'I'm in Rhode Island at a 4th of July party,' and I was like, 'So am I.' I kinda said to Taylor, 'Can I invite one of my old schoolmates?' The rest is history." He also sang about the moment in Taylor Swift's "End Game," too.

Seaborn had been working in New York for accounting firm, Deloitte, but got a transfer to London in 2016. This coincided with Sheeran taking a break from music. The couple took some time out to travel the world together.

In a January 2018 Instagram post, Sheeran revealed he had popped the question over Christmas. "Got myself a fiancé just before new year. We are very happy and in love, and our cats are chuffed as well xx," he wrote alongside a cute polaroid of him kissing her cheek.

In an intimate ceremony kept secret from the media, the couple tied the knot with just 40 of their closest friends and family in their home in Suffolk. Speaking on the "Table Manners With Jessie and Lennie Ware" podcast, Sheeran said: "Our actual wedding was a tiny, tiny event with basically no one there. We did it at night on a random day in the middle of January in the middle of nowhere. No one knew, no one came to it. We lit candles, we got married, we went back [and] had a curry." A few months later, it was reported that they threw a festival-themed party to celebrate with more friends, including Elton John and Princess Eugenie.

Sheeran made her debut in a Sheeran music video in 2019, with the release of the adorable song, "Put It All on Me," featuring Ella Mai. The video shows a number of couples dancing, including Sheeran and Seaborn who are filmed joking around in the kitchen and looking more loved-up than ever.

The couple welcomed their first baby, a daughter named Lyra Antarctica Seaborn Sheeran, in August 2020. The singer posted a cute photo of some baby socks and wrote, "Both mum and baby are doing amazing and we are on cloud nine over here."

Less than two years after the birth of their first daughter, baby Jupiter was born. Sheeran posted a similar photo of tiny baby socks to Instagram with the caption, "Want to let you all know we've had another beautiful baby girl. We are both so in love with her, and over the moon to be a family of 4 x."

In a candid Instagram post on March 1, Sheeran wrote about the mental health struggles he faced while writing his album. "Within the space of a month, my pregnant wife got told she had a tumor, with no route to treatment until after the birth. My best friend Jamal, a brother to me, died suddenly, and I found myself standing in court defending my integrity and career as a songwriter. I was spiralling through fear, depression and anxiety. I felt like I was drowning, head below the surface, looking up but not being able to break through for air," he wrote.

He took a break from social media during this time, and started therapy to help with his mental state and his eating disorder. Fortunately, he is now in a better place. Seaborn has also had the treatment she needed and is recovering.