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Michael Phelps and Nicole Johnson

Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps and his now-wife, Nicole Johnson, began dating in 2007, and after taking a short break in 2011, the pair reunited in 2014. They got engaged a year later and welcomed their son, Boomer, in May 2016. The couple was secretly married the following month and had an oceanside ceremony in October.

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