Ben Higgins And Lauren Bushnell: Is A Wedding Date Set?

In 2016, Ben Higgins and Lauren Bushnell were planning to get married in 2017. However, the couple broke up in 2017, over a year after meeting and getting engaged on season 20 of The Bachelor. During their relationship, Higgins and Bushnell considered having a televised wedding, but ultimately decided against it due to the stress of planning and the desire for an intimate ceremony. After their split, Higgins married Jessica Clarke in November 2021, while Bushnell married country singer Chris Lane in 2019.

Ben Higgins and Lauren Bushnell met and got engaged on 'The Bachelor' in 2016

Ben Higgins and Lauren Bushnell met and got engaged on season 20 of The Bachelor, which aired in 2016. Higgins, who was the Bachelor, famously told both Bushnell and the other finalist, JoJo Fletcher, that he loved them—a first for the franchise.

Higgins and Bushnell announced their split in May 2017, over a year after meeting and getting engaged. In the time between, they moved in together and starred in a Freeform reality show, Ben and Lauren: Happily Ever After?. However, Bushnell later admitted that their relationship was "a rocky road from the start" and that "there just wasn't that joy that should be there". Higgins also reflected on the breakup, acknowledging that they had been struggling before calling it quits.

In a 2024 Bachelor Happy Hour podcast episode, Higgins shared that he and Bushnell were attending couples counselling and "really trying to make it work" before ending their engagement. He also revealed that they had agreed to a televised wedding, but later decided against it during the filming of Ben and Lauren: Happily Ever After?.

They broke up in 2017, after the series 'Ben & Lauren: Happily Ever After?'.

Ben Higgins and Lauren Bushnell broke up in May 2017, over a year after meeting and getting engaged on season 20 of The Bachelor. The couple had faced challenges and public scrutiny, with Higgins reflecting that they were "trying so hard to make it work". Bushnell admitted that their relationship was "a rocky road from the start" and that "there just wasn't that joy that should be there".

Higgins and Bushnell's relationship was also strained by their participation in the reality show Ben & Lauren: Happily Ever After?. They struggled with the idea of a televised wedding, proposed by former Bachelor host Chris Harrison. Despite initially agreeing to the idea, the couple soon had doubts, with Higgins feeling anxious about the quick timeline and wanting a more intimate wedding.

During the filming of Ben & Lauren: Happily Ever After?, Higgins and Bushnell were attending couples counselling and "really trying to make it work". However, they were "barely talking" and their relationship had become more of a professional arrangement. The day after filming wrapped, they agreed that their relationship was "done" and "not healthy".

Following their split, both Higgins and Bushnell have moved on. Higgins married Jessica Clarke in November 2021, and Bushnell married country singer Chris Lane in October 2019.

Higgins said they were like work associates before calling off the wedding

Ben Higgins and Lauren Bushnell Lane's wedding was called off in 2017, following the series Ben & Lauren: Happily Ever After?. Higgins shared on the Bachelor Happy Hour podcast that he and his ex-fiancée were attending couples counselling and "really trying to make it work" before ending their engagement. He recalled that they were struggling for about a month into filming the spinoff series and that they were “butting heads" and "already kind of not talking". Higgins described their relationship as more like "work associates", explaining that they lived in the same house but were exhausted from their respective jobs and would often go without speaking to each other for weeks. Despite their issues, the couple agreed to host a televised wedding, but ultimately decided against it during one of the final episodes of Ben & Lauren: Happily Ever After?. The day after filming wrapped, they agreed over the phone that their relationship was "done" and "not healthy" for either of them.

Bushnell said there wasn't that joy that should be there in their relationship

Ben Higgins and Lauren Bushnell Lane's wedding was called off in 2017, after the series Ben & Lauren: Happily Ever After?. The couple was attending couples counselling and "really trying to make it work" before ending their engagement.

Bushnell admitted that their relationship was "a rocky road from the start" and that there wasn't "that joy that should be there and that was there at the beginning". She said:

> "It just slowly faded until the point it just wasn’t there anymore. I don’t know why, but it just wasn’t. At that point, we were at a crossroads. We needed to make a decision."

Higgins also reflected on the breakup, acknowledging that they were struggling before calling it quits. He said:

> "I do think Lauren and I very early on were just trying so hard to make it work that it was just pulling pieces of us all the time."

Higgins and Bushnell met on his season 20 of The Bachelor, which premiered in January 2016. He offered his final rose and proposed to Bushnell. After the show, Bushnell moved to Higgins' hometown of Denver and the couple returned to the small screen for their Freeform reality show Ben and Lauren: Happily Ever After?.

Higgins has since married Jessica Clarke, and Bushnell married country singer Chris Lane in 2019.

Higgins married Jessica Clarke in November 2021, and they plan to have kids

Ben Higgins and Lauren Bushnell Lane (née Bushnell) ended their engagement in 2017, seven years before Higgins shared new details about their breakup. The former couple starred in the spinoff series Ben & Lauren: Happily Ever After? after getting engaged on season 20 of The Bachelor in 2016. However, Higgins revealed that they were already struggling with their relationship at the time of filming the spinoff series. They were attending couples counselling and were "really trying to make it work".

Higgins went on to marry Jessica Clarke in November 2021. The wedding was attended by several Bachelor alumni, including Nick Viall, Becca Kufrin, Thomas Jacobs, Jared Haibon, Ashley Iaconetti, and Wells Adams. After the wedding, Higgins said:

> Here I had my best friend standing in front of me glowing with beauty. I am so lucky to commit my life to hers.

Higgins and Clarke plan to have children within a few years.

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