A timeline of Ali Larter and husband Hayes MacArthur’s relationship

Ali Larter and her husband Hayes MacArthurthey have been side by side for two decades.

The pair first met in 2005 while filming a movie Upright man and continued looking for a relationship.

“After three weeks, I told my boyfriend that I wanted to marry him and that we could do it tomorrow,” Larter said Cosmopolitan in 2007. “I’m looking forward to that time when I’m home with the kids.”

Larter and MacArthur announced they were engaged in 2007. “Since I was 15, I just wanted to find a guy to marry. My heart was broken so many times because I put so much pressure on it. And then… I’m blindsided,” she said Cosmopolitan in 2009. “(He) showed me the way and everything was fine. This is how it should be.”

My Weekly confirmed in 2009 that Larter and MacArthur tied the knot in an intimate ceremony at his parents’ home in Kennebunkport, Maine. In 2010, the couple welcomed a son, Theodore, and in 2015, a daughter, Vivienne.

Scroll down to see their love story from the beginning:

2005

Larter and MacArthur met on set Upright manwhich premiered in 2007.

August 2009

The two said “I do” in Maine during an outdoor ceremony. Larter wore Vera Wang as she walked down the aisle alongside her father.

December 2010

Larter and MacArthur welcomed their first child, son Theordor.

January 2015

He later announced that she and MacArthur welcomed daughter Vivienne their family. “It’s a girl!” Larter posted on her website at the time and included a photo of her newborn sleeping wrapped in a blanket. “We couldn’t be more excited to share the news of Vivienne Margaret MacArthur’s arrival on Thursday, January 15, 2015.”

August 2016

Larter explained Our both she and MacArthur maximize your date as parents of two children. “We like to go out to dinner,” Larter said. “We like to go out, have pasta and a nice bottle of wine and take our time. We don’t just want to rush to a restaurant and rush to eat. It’s really about getting out of class.’

Larter added that she sees qualities of herself and MacArthur in her children. “Teddy’s like me because we get hot, we’re definitely a bit temperamental and it takes us a while to get suffocated,” she said. “My daughter is so funny. She laughs at herself, she laughs at everything, and in that she is very similar to my husband. Just the absolute funniest person ever.”

2020

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Larter and MacArthur moved their family from Los Angeles to Idaho.

November 2024

Larter exclusively said Our that she never imagined she would end up in Idaho. “It unfolded for us in the most incredible way,” she said. “If you had told me 20 years ago, even five years ago, I would never have believed that I would be living in a very small town in the mountains.

She continued: “We absolutely adore it and are so grateful to raise our family here. It’s really, really beautiful to live a smaller life with our children during this chapter.”

January 2025

Larter reflected on her and MacArthur’s move to Idaho during a January 2025 appearance Living with Kelly and Mark.

“Our children’s schools were closed during COVID and we were like, ‘Why are we just sitting here?’ It didn’t work at all in Los Angeles,” Larter said during the episode. “So my husband said, ‘Let’s take a trip to Idaho (and) go skiing with the kids.’

The escape turned into a longer stay. “We’re going to fall in love with nature and the mountains and this whole new life,” she blurted out. “We completely turned around and went for it. We literally had our house (in California) for less than a year. We came back to LA and realized we wanted to put our family first.

Larter continued, “Our life is so different there and it’s a small town and it kind of puts you in a different type of responsibility. It’s something me and Hayes really wanted to do for our kids, so we did it.”

Larter explained that the family has a “real life” that is “rooted in reality” after relocating to Idaho.

“We’re so grateful,” Larter said, later joking that Theodore wasn’t happy with the idea at first. “He likes fast cars and designer colognes, and he wants to be in the big city. I say to myself: ‘At 18 you can go (back).’ … He really likes it now and I think he understands how great his wolf pack is there.”

Larter added that she and MacArthur “feel that if you can climb a mountain, you can run a boardroom.” She concluded, “We just believe in raising them that way.”