Greta Lee and Russ Armstrong’s relationship timeline

While Greta Lee may conflict with the nature of her relationships in her film Past livesthere is no doubt that her heart belongs to her Russian Armstrong in real life.

The couple met at Northwestern University, where Lee studied musical theater and Armstrong earned a degree in communications. She and Armstrong graduated in 2005 and 2006, respectively.

The pair tied the knot in September 2014 and have since become parents. They welcomed son Apollo Joosung in August 2016, while son Raphael Joobaek arrived in April 2019.

In 2019, Armstrong opened up about his growing family with Lee in a sweet tribute posted via social media. “Raising children with a partner is a gamble,” Armstrong wrote per Romper. “When you date someone in their twenties, you usually don’t think about whether they can get a rocket out of a cardboard box. No parent is perfect or very good to begin with. I am not. But I feel like I won the lottery with you.”

Scroll through for a timeline of their relationship:

August 2016

Armstrong shared the news via Instagram that the couple had welcomed their first son, Apollo Joosung. “Greta and I are thrilled to announce the birth of our son, Apollo Joosung Armstrong. He was born on Korean Liberation Day, August 15, 2016 at 12:30 PM, weighing 8 lbs 10 ounces and 18.5 inches, healthy and screaming. I love this man,” he wrote, per Romper.

April 2019

The duo made Apollo a big brother when they welcomed their second son, Raphael Joobaek.

March 2020

During an interview with Family, it was revealed that Armstrong and Lee are attending a couple’s therapy. “After we meet, Lee has to run to Brooklyn to go to couples therapy with her husband (they’re doing well, just going for maintenance), and then pick up Apollo and Raphael,” Rachel Syme wrote. Lee told her, “My children, for better or for worse, are undeniably 98% of my existence right now.”

2020

The couple left their home in Brooklyn in 2020 after ten years and moved to Los Angeles. Lee admitted W Magazine in April 2022 that she always thought she would “never come back” to her hometown in California — and now she lives less than 30 minutes away with Armstrong and their kids.

“Now the family of four raises three chickens, which are free-range unless there are hawks or coyotes circling nearby,” Fashion wrote about their new home in April 2023.

During a February 2024 interview with The cutLee said the couple had considered bringing goats into their home until she “googled what they sound like, and they sound exactly like whining children.”

Instead, Lee said she raises three chickens and harvests produce. “It’s a hassle to open a Whole Foods in our house,” she said. “It feels like a holistic way of life for us with our children and a good balance for me in this madness.”

May 2023

Lee shared rare insights into raising their sons in a multicultural environment, which is telling Yahoo“We are big proponents of giving the same food as we eat. We eat a lot of rice. There’s a lot of soup going on. We do ssam, which is like a Korean wrap that you get your vegetables in. There is such a thing as ssamjang, a salty, fermented soybean paste. My oldest is currently a self-proclaimed vegetarian, so there’s tofu, there’s eggs.”