The pair met on the 2008 Lifetime film Northern Lights. Both were married at the time, initially denied romance rumors, then ended their prior marriages, started dating in 2009, became engaged in 2010 and married in 2011.
Rimes is stepmother to Cibrian’s sons, Mason and Jake, and has described their relationship as evolved and calm. She’s said they laugh a lot, enjoy being together and that respect is key to their long marriage.