Chip & Joanna: UNDER PRESSURE

HGTV SUPERSTARS CHIP AND JOANNA GAINES STRUGGLE AS THEY TRY TO BALANCE THEIR MASSIVE SUCCESS WITH A HAPPY MARRIAGE AND FAMILY LIFE.

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THEY seem like the perfect couple. He’s the handsome and outgoing contractor, she’s the gorgeous and reserved interior designer. Together, Chip and Joanna Gaines — who celebrated their 22nd wedding anniversary in May — have built beautiful houses, a big family (they share kids Drake, 20, Ella, 18, Duke, 17, Emmie, 15, and Crew, 7) and a massive empire that includes their long-running hit HGTV show Fixer Upper and its spinoffs, a new HBO Max show, Back to the Frontier, product lines, books and their own Magnolia television network.

But behind the flawless facade, some cracks are showing for the Texas-based pair. While talking to celebrity trainer Don Saladino on the July 29 episode of his Stronger podcast, Joanna, 47, opened up about how difficult it’s been for her and Chip, 50, to find balance in their hectic schedules, which are packed to the gills with work commitments and parenthood. “It is hard to do all of it,” Joanna confessed.