When Leann Rimes married Eddie Cibrian in 2011, even her biggest fans wondered what kind of life would that be.

Because, as you may recall, they met while married to other people and that did not stop them from embarking on a romance.

“I’ve been on both sides of that coin—I’ve been cheated on, too, so I know that feeling,” Rimes told The Flow Space last year, acknowledging “all of the craziness” that ensued. “But so many women don’t know what to do with that anger… I was a target that was just easily projected upon. And once I realized that, things got a lot easier.”

It certainly didn’t look easy at first. But after the remorseful interviews had been given and his custody issues were hammered out—and eventually his ex-wife Brandi Glanville’s predictions of his future infidelity eventually tapered off—Rimes and Cibrian just became a regular couple.

“We’ve been through so much together,” the “How Do I Live” singer told E! News in February. “Now our boys, my stepsons [Mason and Jake] are 22 and 18. They’re grown boys. And to help raise his sons—we have a very calm life, which is wonderful. And it didn’t start out that way at all, but now, we’ve really grown into—we just love each other.”