The 35-year-old reality TV star shared the news with the Daily Mail on Wednesday, revealing that the couple has encountered some recent difficulties.

“Carson and I have recently faced some challenges in our relationship,” Alex disclosed.

She emphasized their efforts to handle these issues privately, while remaining dedicated to their young children and the nurturing environment they’ve established for them.

‘We’ve been doing our best to navigate [them] privately while keeping focus on our young children, their well-being and the beautiful life that we have created together for them.

‘Protecting them from matters like being in the media is deeply important to both of us.

‘We understand that being in the public eye can sometimes make privacy difficult, but we’re doing our best to approach this chapter (and the very real callings that many couples face) with care, respect and sensitivity.’

Former Bachelor winner Alex Nation has split from her fiancé Carson Jory (both pictured) after five years together

Alex confirmed the split to the Daily Mail on Wednesday, admitting the couple have recently ‘faced some challenges’ 

The couple pictured in happier times 

Alex and tradesman Carson got engaged in September 2021, one month after welcoming their son Maxwell.

They had announced their relationship in December 2020, weeks before revealing they were expecting their first child.

In 2023, they welcomed their second child, a daughter named Pearl.

Fans of The Bachelor will remember Alex as the winner of the fourth season, but her romance with rope-access technician Richie Strahan didn’t last.

They quietly broke up in 2017, the year after they filmed the show. 

On Bachelor In Paradise in 2019, Alex revealed the shock reason behind the pair’s separation.

While on the Fiji-based dating show, she and Richie candidly discussed the circumstances of their break-up two years earlier.

Alex implied their relationship ended after she had an abortion and Richie wasn’t there to support her because they were living in different states.

Alex confirmed the split to Daily Mail, saying the couple have recently faced ‘challenges’

Fans of The Bachelor will remember Alex as the winner of the fourth season, but her romance with Richie Strahan (left) didn’t last. She later dated Maegan Luxa (right) but they split

She later had a guest role on Drunk History Australia, but has vowed to never appear on a dating show again.

Alex later came out as pansexual and revealed she was dating a woman, Maegan Luxa, from her local Melbourne footy team.

They got engaged in December 2017, but split the following April.

Before her rise to fame, Alex became pregnant as a teenager to her then-boyfriend Joel Porter, to whom she was later briefly married. Her eldest son, Elijah, is now 15.