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The minute they met, there was a spark.
“We were just friends first, and I think that’s key,” Carlos toldSouthern Living.
Here’s a look inside the PenaVegas' relationship.
Crazy enough, Carlos wasn’t there for exactly the right reasons.
“It was literally Carlos to a T,” she toldSouthern Living.
In fact, she once admitted toPeoplethat she had sworn off dating actors altogether.
Because of that, it took him quite a while to convince her to go out with him.
Funny enough, Alexa had completely different thoughts on their first date.
“I didn’t think it was a date,” sheadmitted.
“I thought we were just hanging out as friends.”
Luckily, it obviously all worked out in the end.
“She likes to be on set though, it’s like a second home for her.”
In fact, fans can see Alexa appear in thelast two episodes of the series.
She plays the woman Carlos falls in love with (sound familiar?
), and they even end up locking lips onscreen.
These two have certainly made their relationship look like the ultimate adventure ever since the show ended.
The two were aboard a cruise ship along with the other members of Big Time Rush when it happened.
“[I proposed] at a big dinner,” Carlos explained toJ-14.
In fact, so many fans expressed their concern that the actor took toInstagramto explain the situation.
“So we just opted not to wear them for a little while.”
Instead, a friend of theirs created thin bands for the two as a temporary replacement.
Today, Alexa has been seenwearing the bandalongside her custom rock.
The PenaVegas were surrounded by everyone important to them.
“Even the 300 fans who watched from the beach in Mexico,” he added.
However, Carlos Pena andAlexa Vegahad something else entirely in mind after they tied the knot.
It was then that they decided to break tradition and combine their last names instead.
(Also, you have to admit: PenaVega just has a niceringto it pun intended.)
“When we were living in California, there was never actually a break.
The industry happens 24/7,” Alexa explained toPeople.
So in 2017, the two moved themselves to Hawaii.
The biggest inspiration for their move was their oldest son, Ocean.
The couple also was eager to surround themselves with a tight-knit community in which they could raise their kids.
“I’ve never been in one place for more than three or four months,” Alexa said.
“I didn’t know how badly we needed as a family to set our roots.”
On Christmas Eve, they re-recorded and rereleased their 2010 holiday song, called “Beautiful Christmas.”
Fans even got to see how each of them spent the holiday in quarantine.
It was there that she and Carlos announced they were expecting a third baby in 2021.
It seemed as though the little one couldn’t wait either.
Nearly a month before her due date,baby Riowas brought into the world inMay 2021.
Now the newest PenaVega can watch again and again how excited her family was to be expecting her.
“If you haven’t watched the video you should,” Alexa wrote onInstagram.
“So glad we got to announce baby number three in this video!!!”
As of now, there are five members of the PenaVega family.
as Alexa wrote in anInstagram story.
Having a big family is a familiar experience for both of these actors.
Carlos grew up along with three siblings of his own, while Alexa has six brothers and sisters.
It seems to run in the family, too.
“My abuelita had 12 kids (no twins),” Alexa said.
Even his wife Alexa is a huge fan of his work.
Yet, there’s one song in particular that’s very special to her.
“It’s ‘Lost in Love,'” she revealed during an interview withThe War Cry.
“Because as we were both falling in love with one another, Carlos wrote that song.”
Another thing that’s mutual is their love for music.
“But there is this silly fear,” Alexa admitted.
“Carlos is so good at singing that I just get so embarrassed.
“We want to talk about itall.
“But we mainly want to ask, ‘What’s the point?
What’s the point of all of this living?'”
Even while writing the book, “we laughed, we cried,” Alexa admitted onInstagram.
“This book was basically one big therapy session.”
That year, the two signed up to star on Season 21 of “Dancing with the Stars.”
It seems as though that wasn’t such a bad thing, though.
Carlos and Alexa PenaVega want to work together, too.
“I love working with my husband,” Alexa toldTVLine.
“We really know what each other’s limits are and we can be way more playful.
Luckily, they’ve gotten to star alongside each other quite a bit, too.
For the projects that Carlos and Alexa don’t work on together, the other one is always nearby.
“Our big thing is that we go everywhere together,” Alexa explained to “Entertainment Tonight.”
“So if he’s on a project, I won’t take a project.
If I’m on a project, he won’t take one.”
Their kids always travel to set with them, too.
In fact, their sonOcean even makes an appearancein their movie “Love at Sea.”
Today, Carlos and Alexa have purposefully made a permanent place for themselves on theHallmark Channel.
“And if there isn’t, they fly the whole family out and we’re together anyway.”
“It would just really depend on the circumstance,” Alexa explained to “Entertainment Tonight.”
However, they’re still waiting for the right opportunity.
“Reality nowadays is not really reality.
It’s so contrived,” Alexasaid.
