Jessie James Decker And Erik Dekker have a love story that is completely their own.
Jessie and the former NFL pro started dating in 2011 after meeting through mutual friends. “I got a text from my girlfriend saying, 'I'm having dinner with this guy I'm seeing, and this other guy just showed up, and he's gorgeous,'” she recalled. Access to Hollywood in 2013. “Show him a picture of me and see if he likes it.”
Eric received her number and texted her first, which made Jessie want to approach their romance differently.
“From now on, if a man wanted me, he would have to show it,” she wrote in her 2018 memoir: Just Jessy. “So I let Eric chase me.”
The couple got engaged in 2012 and married the following year in Colorado. They welcomed three children: Vivianne in 2014, Eric Jr. in 2015 and Forrest in 2018.
Despite going back and forth about expanding their family — and Eric getting a vasectomy — Jessie announced in August 2023 that she was pregnant with baby No. 4.
Scroll down to see how Jessie and Eric's romance has evolved over the years: