The cast of Modern Family and their real-life partners

You know a great show is something special when the actors are so good in their roles it’s impossible to imagine them as anyone other than their characters. For the hit sitcom Modern Family, it’s difficult to picture actors Ty Burrell and Julie Bowen married to anyone other than each other, as with Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Eric Stonestreet, and Sofia Vergara and Ed O’Neill. They’re just so convincing and beloved as their characters.
The show follows the Pritchett family pyramid as all the brothers, sisters, cousins, grandfathers, and step-mothers navigate what it means to be a new generation of a modern family today. Fans and critics have loved it consistently since its 2009 premiere and many of the leads have won top industry awards for their portrayals. Each year the show remains one of the funniest shows. It’s no wonder that the stars are some of the highest paid actors on television.
We take you behind the scenes of your favorite cast mates and into their love lives off the screen. Some of your favorite actors have been married for years while others are just getting back into the dating scene again or even for the first time. We’re all just looking for love…
[post_page_title]Ed O’Neill and Catherine Rusoff – married[/post_page_title]
Before Ed O’Neill you knew the funny actor from Married with Children. Now he plays the patriarch of the Dunphy family. It took O’Neill years to give in to the idea of having kids with wife, actress Catherine Rusoff – 13 years to be exact.

“At the beginning, I sort of reluctantly went along with it,” he told the New York Post. “As a favor to her, I was thinking. Then when we had the first one, I was like ‘Oh, my God, I’m in love.’” Although they have been separated on and off over their decades-long marriage, they currently live together in Los Angeles with their children and are doing well.