A Deep Dive Into the ‘Everybody Loves Raymond’ Cast’s Real-Life Loves
The Everybody Loves Raymond cast is coming together to celebrate the CBS sitcom’s 30th anniversary with a reunion special, titled Everybody Loves Raymond: 30th Anniversary Reunion, airing on November 24. Even though the show has been off the air for 20 years, the beloved cast is still very much a family.
With the exception of Robert Barone (Brad Garrett), the romances on Everybody Loves Raymond were set in stone from the jump. The series revolved around Ray (Ray Romano) and Debra Barone’s (Patricia Heaton) family, including his parents, Frank (Peter Boyle) and Marie (Doris Roberts).
Off-screen, the majority of the cast members have been married for years — some have even been together since before Everybody Loves Raymond premiered in 1996. One Everybody Loves Raymond star is married to the show’s creator, and another proposed to his first wife on the iconic set.
Scroll down to learn more about the Everybody Loves Raymond cast’s real-life relationships ahead of the long-awaited reunion.
Everybody Loves Raymond: 30th Anniversary Reunion, Monday, November 24, 8/7c, CBS
Ray Romano
Like his onscreen character, Ray Romano, 67, is a family man. He met his wife, Anna Romano, while they were both working at a bank in Queens, New York. They began dating in 1985 and married in 1987. The Romanos have four children: Ally (born in 1990), twins Matthew and Gregory (born in January 1993), and Joseph (born in February 1998).
“I give her credit cause she married me before any of this happened,” he told ABC News. Anna was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2010 and went into remission after treatment. Ray’s directorial debut, Somewhere in Queens, was inspired by his life with Anna, 62, and their family.
Patricia Heaton
Heaton, 67, has been married to actor David Hunt, 71, since 1990. They met when Heaton sublet a room from him in New York City. Heaton and Hunt have four sons: Samuel (born in September 1993), John (born in May 1995), Joseph (born in June 1997), and Daniel (born in January 1999).
Heaton and Hunt have a production company together, FourBoys Entertainment, which focuses on faith-forward stories.
The actress was previously married to Constantine Yankoglu from 1984 to 1987.
Brad Garrett
While his on-screen alter ego, Robert Barone, took years to settle down, Garrett, 65, was married to Jill Diven for most of the show’s run. He actually proposed to Diven on the set of Everybody Loves Raymond in 1998. They married in May 1999. Garrett and Diven have two children: Max (born in 1998) and Hope (born in 2000).
The couple got divorced in 2007. He started dating IsaBeall Quella, who is 24 years his junior, in 2008 after meeting at an art gallery. They got engaged in 2015 and married in 2021.
Monica Horan
Monica Horan, 62, who played Amy MacDougall (and later Barone) on Everybody Loves Raymond, has been happily married to the show’s creator, Phil Rosenthal, 65, since 1990. They attended Hofstra University, but they didn’t meet until after they had both graduated. Horan and Rosenthal have two kids, Lily and Ben.
Horan has frequently appeared in Rosenthal’s Netflix series, Somebody Feed Phil. In honor of her birthday in January 2025, Rosenthal wrote, “I’m the luckiest fellah to have met this girl, for her to like me at all, to have dinner with me, to move in with me, to marry me, have two kids with me, travel with me, put up with me, stay with me, make everything better for me. That’s a good life.”
Madylin Sweeten
Madylin Sweeten, 34, rose to fame playing the Barone family’s eldest child, Ally. Since the show ended, Sweeten found love with voice actor Sean Durrie. The couple welcomed their first child, a son, in April 2025.
Sullivan Sweeten
Sullivan Sweeten, 30, alongside his late brother, Sawyer, starred as Michael, one of the Barone twins, on the CBS sitcom. Sullivan keeps his personal life out of the public eye, so it’s unclear if he’s in a relationship.
Peter Boyle
Peter Boyle starred as the Barone patriarch, Frank Barone. The actor, who died in 2006, was married to his wife, Loraine, from 1977 until his death. Boyle met his wife on the set of Young Frankenstein. She was covering the film for Rolling Stone. The couple had two daughters: Lucy (born in 1980) and Amy (born in 1983).
Doris Roberts
Doris Roberts delighted Everybody Loves Raymond fans as Marie Barone, Ray and Robert’s mother. The five-time Emmy Award winner, who died in 2016, was married twice.
Her first husband was Michael Cannata, whom she wed in 1956. They welcomed a son before divorcing in 1962. She married writer William Goyen in 1963. They were together until his death in 1983.
