As fate would have it, the pair played a married couple.

Here’s a peek into their relationship and where they’re headed.

Dunst later explained toNet-A-Porterthat, when the show ended, she and Plemons parted ways much to her regret.

Kirsten Dunst, Jesse Plemons

She explained, “I just knew he would be in my life forever.

I didn’t know what capacity that would be at the time.

When [Fargo] was over, I just missed him terribly.”

Kirsten Dunst with Jesse Plemons

We have similar backgrounds.

He feels like family to me," before admitting that she also had babies on the brain.

I just know it.'"

Jesse Plemons, Kirsten Dunst dressed up

“I’ve got to keep things private a little bit.

We got together a year after [meeting.]

We became really good friends first,” she said.

Kirsten Dunst, Jesse Plemons smiling together

The year before, Dunst admitted to InStyle UK that she hoped marriage was in her future.

If it happens in my mid-to-late 30s, it’s going to be intimate."

Dunst eventually opened up abouther engagementand the proposal on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.”

Jesse Plemons, Kirsten Dunst posing

“I could tell on my dad’s face at Christmas.

He’s a bad liar,” she revealed.

In May 2018, the twosome welcomed their first son, Ennis Howard Plemons.

Jesse Plemons, Kirsten Dunst smiling together

“He’s an angel, but he’s a hungry angel.

And a heavy angel,” she added.

I want to have fun and have a drink.

Jesse Plemons, Kirsten Dunst smiling

I mean, we’re paying for this wedding.

I’m paying for the bar!

I want to enjoy it."

Jesse Plemons, Kirsten Dunst smiling

She explained to the publication that they even had the producer of the film weigh in on this idea.

It’s just weird."

Plemons has actually touted the woman in his life several times over.

Kirsten Dunst, Jesse Plemons posing together

Plemons toldPeoplethat, after this experience, he only wants to work with Dunst.

I’m constantly amazed by what she brings."

Dunst chatted withVarietysoon after the nominations were announced, sharing that the double nominations are almost unbelievable.

She said that the two were pretty stunned but in the best way.

It’s like a storybook."

Dunst also painted a picture to Variety of the morning she and Plemons learned of their nominations.

It sounds like one reason the two work so well together is that Plemons is super supportive.