Inside Justin Hartley’s Romantic History: Meet the Remarkable Women He’s Dated

Justin Hartley, familiar to many from his role in “The Young and the Restless,” has ventured into the realm of matrimony three times, with his current marriage blossoming. Yet, while each of his partners, both past and current, shares an acting background, Hartley chooses to keep the intricacies of his romantic life under wraps. This decision aligns with the “This Is Us” star’s dedication to safeguarding the sanctity of his personal relationships, distancing them from the clamor of public scrutiny.

The wisdom to protect his personal affairs stems from the advice of Hartley’s stepfather. As Hartley recalled on the “I’ve Never Said This Before with Tommy DiDario” podcast in May 2026, “He said to me a long, long time ago, ‘You got to take care of your relationship and be very protective of who you surround yourself with and what relationships you surround yourself with.'” For Hartley, this caution extends beyond just avoiding media frenzy to keeping some friends and acquaintances at bay, as they can unknowingly introduce negativity. “There will be people in your life that you think are your friends, and they simply cannot handle your relationship,” he asserted.

Hartley has frequently pointed out the inaccuracies spun by the media regarding his private life, urging audiences not to believe everything they come across. His grown daughter, Isabella, has benefited from this parental wisdom. “I tell her … ‘You really can’t just believe something because you read it,'” he shared on “Bevelations on Radio Andy” back in 2020. Despite having been linked with some high-profile individuals, keeping his personal affairs out of headlines has undoubtedly proved challenging.

Justin Hartley’s journey down the aisle first began with Lindsay Korman, whom he met in 2003. Their whirlwind romance led to an engagement the same year, and by May 2004, the “Passions” co-stars exchanged vows with Korman already well along in her pregnancy. Their daughter, Isabella, arrived the following July. However, their marriage was not destined to last. The couple parted ways in 2012, maintaining silence about their separation apart from mentioning irreconcilable differences in the divorce filing, keeping the specifics of their relationship’s end a private matter.

Despite the dissolution of their marriage, Hartley and Korman have maintained a friendly rapport. They’ve remained committed to co-parenting Isabella effectively, focusing on nurturing their daughter together. The crux of their successful parenting partnership lies in robust communication. Hartley expressed to Us Weekly in 2019, “Communication and an understanding of where everyone’s coming from and realizing that it’s hard. As much as you try to put yourself in other people’s shoes, you’re never fully going to be able to do it, but you should just make the effort.”

Korman showed the strength of their relationship when she leaped to her ex’s defense in the aftermath of his much messier second divorce (more on this later). “Today, I appreciate my ex-husband Justin for not only being exemplification of a solid man but for being my dear friend and devoted father to our daughter,” she wrote in part in an August 2020 Instagram message.

Justin Hartley met Chrishell Stause in 2013, about a year after his split from Lindsay Korman. He fell for her right away, just sensing she would become his wife. “I drove her home and called the next day. We haven’t been apart since. I knew right away [and] was like, ‘Oh boy, here we go,'” he told People in 2017. The “Days of Our Lives” alum also felt it. “The next day I texted my friend: ‘I found him,'” she recalled. 

But Hartley didn’t plunge into marriage like he did the first time. Instead, they waited four years before tying the knot in October 2017. Unfortunately, the result was the same. In November 2019, Hartley filed for divorce from Stause, though the process was nothing like his split from Korman. The “Selling Sunset” star publicly accused her ex of blindsiding her, contending he texted her about filing papers just 45 minutes before it hit the news. “Because of the crazy way in which this went down, people want answers, and I f***ing want answers,” she said on the show (via Fox News).

A few days after the filing, TMZ sources also raised questions about Hartley’s motivations for citing a July 2019 date of separation, arguing that the couple had been together up until he filed for divorce. Stause reportedly believed he altered the date to keep from having to include a big financial boost relating to “This Is Us” in the divorce settlement. Hartley and his costars had secured a big pay raise ahead of Season 3 — but that was the previous year, so it’s unclear what happened there. 

Even though Justin Hartley met Sofia Pernas on the set of “The Young and the Restless” in 2015, they didn’t really connect until years later. “She was very kind and very nice. I liked being around her. But I was in a different place in my life. I wasn’t available,” he told Haute Living in 2021, the year he tied the knot for a third time. Hartley was first linked to his former costar in May 2020, six months after he filed for divorce from Chrishell Stause. 

Despite the side-eyes that this generated, Hartley has maintained that the circumstances around the beginning of his relationship with Pernas were perfect. “I’m very lucky to not only have found ‘the one,’ but I found her when she was available and the timing was right,” he told Haute Living. Having done this marriage thing twice before, Hartley has learned valuable lessons. This time, he wants to protect what he has with his wife above all else, understanding that not everyone finds that soulmate-type of relationship. “When you do have it, man, you got to just hold on to it. It’s so special and fragile, in some ways, and rare,” he said in the “I’ve Never Said This Before with Tommy DiDario” interview.

This time, Hartley is also taking a more relaxed approach to marriage. In the Haute Living interview, he highlighted how seamless his relationship with Pernas is. “It’s incredible when you’re not forcing things. It doesn’t have to be that hard,” he said.