Who Is Ed Sheeran’s Wife? All About Cherry Seaborn

Ed Sheeran and his wife, Cherry Seaborn, have one of the most adorable love stories in Hollywood. The couple, who have known each other since they were kids, started dating in 2015 and have been inseparable ever since.

With two adorable daughters, Lyra Antarctica and Jupiter, and a strong bond that has only grown stronger over the years, Cherry Seaborn is more than just Ed Sheeran’s partner – she’s his rock, his muse, and his best friend.

Their Sweet Love Story

Ed Sheeran and Cherry Seaborn met at Thomas Mills High School in Suffolk, England, and were friends for a while. However, their relationship was never romantic in high school. It wasn’t until 2015, when they reconnected in New York City, that their romance began.

Sheeran has said that if they had dated back then, “it would have been a disaster.” The friends lost touch when Sheeran went on tour and Seaborn headed to Duke University in North Carolina. In 2015, however, the pair reconnected in N.Y.C. after a mutual friend invited them both out.

Cherry Seaborn’s Impressive Career

After graduating from Durham University in the United Kingdom, Seaborn headed to Duke University in North Carolina in 2013 to pursue her master’s degree. She shared that living in America was always part of her plan.

“Ever since I was in high school I’ve always wanted to … study in the United States,” Seaborn told Duke’s The Chronicle.

After receiving her master’s degree, Seaborn headed to New York, where she worked on Wall Street for the accounting firm Deloitte. In 2016, she moved back to the U.K. to work for the firm’s London office. Today, she is a manager at Deloitte, working with the World Climate team to accelerate impactful solutions to combat climate change.

Field Hockey Superstar

Seaborn was a field hockey superstar when she was in college. She started playing collegiately while at Durham University in the U.K., where she led her squad to the British University championship in 2012 and 2013.

She continued playing field hockey at Duke University while also studying at the business school. Seaborn still tries to make time to play field hockey today. In 2021, photographers spotted Sheeran watching Seaborn play with her team in Suffolk.

Friendship with Taylor Swift

After reuniting in New York in 2015, Sheeran and Seaborn had one of their first official dates at Taylor Swift’s Rhode Island mansion. The two met up there during one of Swift’s legendary Fourth of July parties. Sheeran told PEOPLE in 2017, “I went on tour again, and then I went to Taylor’s Fourth of July party.

I was texting [Seaborn], and she was like, ‘I’m in Rhode Island at a 4th of July party,’ and I was like, ‘So am I.’ I kinda said to Taylor, ‘Can I invite one of my old schoolmates?’ The rest is history.”

Musical Muse

Sheeran released his album ÷ (Divide) in March 2017, which included the ballad “Perfect.” The singer later revealed that he wrote the song after attending a party at James Blunt’s house with Seaborn. “We got really hammered and took our shoes off and danced on his lawn and then jumped in the pool,” he told Radio.com.

“And then the next day I was like, ‘That’s a cool story,’ so I put it in a song.” Sheeran’s verse in Taylor Swift’s “End Game” also seems to have been inspired by Seaborn. In the song, he sings, “Knew it when I was young / We connected when we were a little bit older” and “Something was born on the Fourth of July.”

Break from Music and Personal Growth

Seaborn moved back to the U.K. in 2016 to be closer to Sheeran, and not long after, Sheeran took a short break from making music. During an interview with Beats 1/Apple Music’s Zane Lowe, the singer said, “We were basically like, ‘Let’s both quit our jobs and let’s have a year of forming a tight bond and relationship.

So we went traveling and spent every day for a year together.” Sheeran also spoke to PEOPLE exclusively about his break from music ahead of his Apple Music documentary Songwriter.

“I ended the tour and I [realized] I hadn’t ever really lived a life,” he shared. “I haven’t properly formed relationships with people so I needed to have a year off and spend it with friends and family and Cherry and actually become a human being.”

Personal Struggles and Support

In September 2023, Sheeran released his album Autumn Variations, which he said was inspired by his time in the kitchen with Seaborn. “It was actually cooking that inspired me to make it,” he shared in a TikTok video.

“Me and my wife always put on Norah Jones.” Seaborn was diagnosed with cancer while pregnant with their second child, Jupiter. Sheeran shared that doctors found the tumor when his wife was six months pregnant and that the couple considered welcoming their daughter into the world early.

Ultimately, Seaborn carried the baby to term and underwent a “successful surgery” to remove the tumor.

Private Person

After appearing in Sheeran’s Disney+ docuseries, the “Shape of You” singer reiterated that Seaborn isn’t looking to live her life in the public eye. “Cherry sort of touches on it in the documentary, and we’ve talked about this a lot, whether we can close the door after we’ve opened it a little bit,” Sheeran said on The Elvis Duran Morning Show.

“She’s always been a private person. She’s never had a public Instagram. She’s never done a red carpet with me. We’ve always been super private. Our private life is our private life.”

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