How Joanna and Chip Gaines Became the Major HGTV Stars They Are Today

Chip and Joanna Gaines, the husband-wife duo on HGTV's Fixer Upper, have a fun history that'll make you love them even more than you already do. An interview with CBS Sunday Morning digs a little a deeper into their lives before becoming major network stars.

Little did they know that they'd put the small town of Waco, TX, onto the map as what Jane calls the "Renovation Capital of the World." Chip, the original fixer upper, had a knack for flipping houses when he was just a Baylor College student. "I'd just buy distressed properties and renovate them and sell them," Chip shared. Joanna was a communications major and although she's a natural at spotting the design potential in pieces, she worked at her family's auto shop before meeting Chip — there's even a must-see throwback clip of her featured in their shop's commercials!

Despite the couple's meteoric success, it was just four years ago that Joanna was discovered by a blog, leading to her and Chip snagging their hit show. Clearly, they were both natural TV stars and entrepreneurs. Check out the video above to watch the interview in full!