The Vampire Diaries alum Candice King married her fiancé, Steven Krueger, while preparing to welcome their first baby together.
King, 38, and Krueger, 36, tied the knot on February 28 in an intimate wedding ceremony in Nashville in the presence of just 15 guests, including King’s daughters from a past relationship. (Candice shares Florence, 10, and Josephine, 5, with her ex-husband, Joe King.)
“We decided to have a small elopement-style weekend in Nashville with just our immediate families, and save the bigger celebration for sometime next year,” Krueger told Vogue in a profile published on Saturday, April 4, noting they initially planned to say “I do” in fall 2026 before King found out she is pregnant. “We were ecstatic with how it all came together. We focused on the essential trifecta: photos, flowers and food.”
King and Krueger, who both appeared in the Vampire Diaries franchise, exchanged vows at Nashville’s The Chapel at High Point Farm.
Fans didn’t expect to see Candice King and Steven Krueger find love years after finding fame in The Vampire Diaries universe. King rose to fame playing Caroline Forbes on TVD from 2009 to 2017. Krueger, meanwhile, played the role of Josh Rosza in The Vampire Diaries spinoff, The Originals. During her time on The CW series, […]
“The cherry on top was one of our mutual best friends, Carina [Adly] MacKenzie, flying in to officiate for us!” Krueger told the outlet, referring to the The Originals and We Were Liars TV writer. “We had 15 people in total, including Candice’s daughters and my two nieces. It was perfect.”
King walked down the aisle in a billowing Grace Loves Lace gown with a Claire Pettibone veil.
“Shockingly, there’s not a huge market for wedding dresses that fit over a baby bump,” Candice quipped to the magazine. “I was quite nervous to find a dress that would make me feel bridal and maternal — and not like the ‘Stay Puft Marshmallow Man’ from Ghostbusters bouncing down the aisle. [It] was the third dress I tried on, and I felt like it was perfect. Enough structure to feel romantic and enough stretch to grow with my belly, even though my belly still outgrew the dress!”
Candice King and Steven Krueger. Courtesy of Candice King/ Instagram
King and Krueger, who started dating in 2023, announced in December 2025 that they are expecting their first baby together.
“It’s such a joy,” King exclusively told Us Weekly at the time. “It’s something that we’re not only excited about right now. This is something we’ve been daydreaming about so it’s lovely to be here right now celebrating it.”
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King, who is due in May, is expecting a baby boy.
“I love being a mother, it’s my favorite role,” she gushed to Us. “There’s so many things that Steven does as a partner and as [my daughters’] stepfather on a daily basis that he already shows me how wonderful of a father he is and will be.”
