KELLY RIPA AND MARK CONSUELOS Love, WORK & Marriage

THE COUPLE IS GETTING READY FOR A NEW CHAPTER IN THEIR LIVES TOGETHER AS PERMANENT CO-HOSTS ON LIVE!

- Rick Egusquiza

Kelly Ripa and husband Mark Consuelos are going back to their roots as co-stars! It’s been announced that when Ryan Seacrest exits Live this spring, the two All My Children alums will cohost the renamed Live with Kelly and Mark. “I know I have some big shoes to fill — well actually they’re only a size 9,” joked Mark. “But you know what I mean.” Hiring Mark as Kelly’s new cohost made sense to the team at Live. “Kelly wasn’t going to go through that whole public search for a co-host again. She never enjoyed that,” an insider tells Closer. “Her audience loves Mark. And he’s never going to surprise her and quit — she hopes!”

Of course, not everyone would want to live and work with their spouse! But it won’t be the first time for Kelly, 52, and Mark, 51, who met in 1995 at his audition for