Atlanta Falcons quarterback Kirk Cousins is one of the QBs featured in season two of Netflix’s “Quarterback,” which gives a behind-the-scenes look at the lives of NFL stars. The show follows Cousins, Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow, and Detroit Lions quarterback Jared Goff throughout the 2024 season, while also showing their personal lives.
Cousins is the only QB to be featured in both seasons of the show, so viewers have spent a lot of time watching his family on screen, including his wife, Julie Hampton. Let’s break down Cousins’ marriage and get to know his wife, Julie Hampton.
Meet Julie Hampton, Kirk Cousins’ Better Half
Hampton describes herself in her Instagram bio as a Child of God, “Wifey,” and mom to her two sons, Cooper and Turner.
She is a University of Georgia graduate who was serious about pursuing her own career aspirations apart from those of her husband. Hampton was an elementary school teacher for a short time. Between having a super-famous husband and being a mother of two sons, life changed pretty abruptly for Hampton, and her career trajectory changed too.
Hampton has her hands full as a very active momtrepreneur who runs the couple’s golf course business and their foundation, the “Julie & Kirk Cousins Foundation.”
Watching Quarterback: it’s awesome and Julie and Kirk Cousins seem so wholesome and normal and relatable – just absolutely love them.
— Jason DeRusha (@DeRushaJ) July 14, 2023
The mother of two also has time to look flawless in NFL commercial appearances with her husband and foster dogs as an avid animal lover.
And as if that wasn’t enough, she also showcased her life for the world to see in seasons one and two of Netflix’s hit show “Quarterback.”
Julie and Kirk Cousins’ Love Story
Cousins met his future wife in 2012 through a mutual friend. The couple dated for a year and a half before becoming engaged. On the balcony of the Speaker of the House’s office in the U.S. Capitol building, Cousins popped the question.
Hampton said yes, and they got married in the summer of 2014.
She said yes! pic.twitter.com/yhBFbpQ4KF
— Kirk Cousins (@KirkCousins8) November 23, 2013
Recalling the proposal, Kirk explained how nervous he was. “I was holding her hand and she goes, ‘Why are your hands cold and sweaty?’ I said, ‘I don’t know,”
But fortunately, Julie said yes and later captioned her IG post about the engagement, “I cannot wait to spend my life with the man of my dreams!”
The couple has been married for more than a decade now and they have two boys: Cooper in 2017 and Turner in 2019. Cooper and Turner are already huge football fans and are more aware of their dad’s career than fans may think.
The Cousins make family life and marriage look easy, and Julie deserves a lot of credit for that.