<p id=”par-1_6″>The Hallmark Channel family is growing! </p>
<p id=”par-2_19″><em>When Calls the Heart </em>stars <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/news/real-life-hallmark-couple-kevin-mcgarry-kayla-wallace-engaged.html/”>Kevin McGarry and Kayla Wallace</a> are expecting their first child, they announced on Tuesday. </p>
<p id=”par-3_28″>“We can’t wait to meet you, baby. Premiering 2026,” the couple wrote in a joint <a href=”https://www.instagram.com/p/DQ7kxtVEuSH/” target=”_blank” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>Instagram</a> post. The also shared a photo of McGarry cradling Wallace’s baby bump. </p>
<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-when-calls-the-heart-stars-wed-in-2024″>‘When Calls the Heart’ stars wed in 2024</h2>
<figure class=”wp-block-image size-full” id=”emb-1″><img decoding=”async” src=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/KevinMcGarry_KaylaWallace.webp?strip=all&quality=80″ alt=”Kevin McGarry and Kayla Wallace pose for a photo at the 2025 Golden Globes” class=”wp-image-3850651″><figcaption class=”wp-element-caption”>Kevin McGarry and Kayla Wallace at the 2025 Golden Globe Awards | Christopher Polk/GG2025/Penske Media via Getty Images</figcaption></figure>
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<p id=”par-4_66″>Wallace and McGarry met in 2018 on the set of the romantic Hallmark drama. He has played Mountie Nathan Grant since season 6. She played Fiona Miller in seasons 6 through 10 before stepping away to work on the Paramount+ series <em>Landman, </em>where she plays lawyer Rebecca Falcone. She returned to <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/news/melissa-gilbert-confirms-when-calls-the-heart-season-13-return.html/”><em>When Calls the Heart</em></a> earlier this year, appearing in a handful of season 12 episodes. </p>
<p id=”par-5_28″>The couple went public with their romance in 2020 and got engaged in December 2022. In September 2024, McGarry confirmed that he and Wallace had tied the knot. </p>
<p id=”par-6_41″>Wallace and McGarry didn’t play a couple on <em>When Calls the Heart, </em>where his character is in a relationship with Erin Krakow’s Elizabeth Thornton. But they have starred together in two romantic Hallmark movies, <em>Feeling Butterflies </em>and <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/news/my-grown-up-christmas-list-kevin-mcgarry-and-kayla-wallace-reveal-what-was-different-about-making-their-new-hallmark-movie.html/”><em>My Grown-Up Christmas List</em></a><em>. </em></p>
<p id=”par-7_18″>After McGarry and Wallace shared their happy news, congratulations rolled in from many of their fellow Hallmark stars. </p>
<p id=”par-8_9″>“Best news for the best couple,” wrote Taylor Cole.</p>
<p id=”par-9_11″>“The most wonderful news! So happy for you!!!” commented Lacey Chabert. </p>
<p id=”par-10_9″>“So happy for you all!!!!!!!!!” Rachel Boston chimed in.</p>
<p id=”par-11_29″>Krakow was over the moon for her co-stars, writing that she “can’t wait to snuggle this little McGarry!!!” Meanwhile, <em>When Calls the Heart’</em>s Pascale Hutton shared her “huge congratulations”</p>
<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-kevin-mcgarry-says-he-love-s-working-with-kayla-mcgarry”>Kevin McGarry says he ‘love[s] working with Kayla McGarry</h2>
<p id=”par-12_22″>Earlier this year, McGarry spoke about how grateful he was both personally and professionally for his role on the hit Hallmark series. </p>
<p id=”par-13_45″>“I owe a lot to <em>When Calls the Heart</em> for not only helping my career and giving me a job and meeting all my friends, but meeting Kayla, meeting my wife, it’s been the most special part of being on that show,” he told <a href=”https://www.swooon.com/1176781/when-calls-the-heart-kevin-mcgarry-kayla-wallace-love-story-honeymoon-plans/” target=”_blank” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>Swooon</a>.</p>
<p id=”par-14_25″>Would the pair ever team up for another Hallmark movie? McGarry says he’s game, but he added that Wallace’s focus right now was on <em>Landman. </em></p>
<p id=”par-15_53″>“We love working together. I think it’s just more right now, Kayla’s kind of got her own trajectory, going in a different direction, and I think she wants to focus on that,” he said. “I’d never say never. But, like I said, she’s a busy lady right now, and she’s got prior commitments.”</p>
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