In April 2021, they announced they were expecting their first child together. Courtney married Sherm, an accountant, in October 2020. In June 2021, they announced they were expecting their first child together. Jason married actress Roxanne Pallett in January 2020. Since their divorce, Courtney and Jason have both moved on. In March 2019, Courtney and Jason divorced after five years of marriage. The first season took place in New York City and northern New Jersey. As of November 2021, 13 couples remained married, making for a current overall success rate of 27%. 29 of them (59%) chose to stay married on Decision Day, out of which more than half have since divorced, filed for divorce, or announced their divorce. Over the thirteen completed seasons of MAFS, 49 couples have been matched. The following year, two spinoffs were announced to premiere that October, Married at First Sight: Honeymoon Island and Married at First Sight: Happily Ever After. In 2017, for its fifth season, the show moved to sister network Lifetime. On October 25, 2016, FYI renewed the show for a fifth season. Thereafter they must choose to divorce or stay married. Upon returning home, they live together as a married couple for the remainder of the eight weeks. The couples spend their wedding night in a hotel before leaving for a honeymoon. Griffin stayed until the ninth season and was replaced by Dr. Jessica Griffin beginning with the sixth season. Starting with the fourth season, the experts were Schwartz, pastor and marriage counselor Calvin Roberson, and communication and relationship expert Rachel DeAlto. Pepper Schwartz, and humanist chaplain Greg Epstein. For the first three seasons, the experts were clinical psychologist Dr.
The series features three to five couples, paired up by relationship experts, who agree to marry when they first meet. Beginning with season two, it aired in simulcast on sister network A&E. The series first aired in the United States on FYI. 4.8 Married at First Sight: Unmatchables.