Jenni “JWoww” Farley and Zack Clayton Carpinello have had quite a special relationship ever since getting together in early 2019
The pair went public with their relationship in April 2019, following Farley’s September 2018 split from Roger Mathews after three years of marriage. The reality star shares two children with Mathews, daughter Meilani and son Greyson.
Farley raved about her relationship with Carpinello just weeks before their brief breakup. “I never in a million years thought I would be dating someone younger than me,” she said on the MTV reality show. “We’re completely different. Not my style at all.”
She also praised the athlete’s bedroom performance: “He turns into this f***ing monster in bed. I was like, ‘Are you an escort? What’s going on?’ It wasn’t normal. I had to look up positions and stuff.”
The reality star confirmed in March 2021 that Carpinello proposed one month prior.
Ahead of the couple’s 2026 nuptials, Farley exclusively told Us that the delay was a result of how much work goes into planning a wedding.
“I’m trying, then I’m not trying,” she said in January 2023. “I really wanna do it out of the country, but then to do that you gotta kind of … rely on people abroad to do it.”
Farley and Carpinello ultimately surprised friends and family with a secret wedding in June 2026.
Scroll down to see the couple’s relationship timeline.
October 2015
Carpinello was in attendance when his future girlfriend walked down the aisle with Mathews, as he revealed one year later with a throwback Instagram pic.
April 2019
Nearly two weeks after the Rules According to JWoww author started showing off glimpses of her new guy on social media, Us Weekly confirmed that the mystery man was Carpinello.
May 2019
In a cute selfie, the pair cuddled beneath a tree covered in lights. “The best time, every time,” Carpinello wrote in his Instagram caption.
June 2019
The lovebirds made their awards show debut at the 2019 CMT Music Awards, matching one another with monochromatic hues.
June 2019
Farley and Carpinello opted for black and gray again as they attended the 2019 MTV Movie & TV Awards.
July 2019
Carpinello tried out his girlfriend’s cooking for the first time in a YouTube video she posted to her channel. He gave Farley’s beef ragù spaghetti his seal of approval, saying, “I would eat the whole pan.”
August 2019
Amid speculation that the couple had a baby on the way, Carpinello set the record straight. “Jenni is NOT pregnant,” the New York native wrote on his Instagram Stories. “Stop being idiots.”
August 2019
Days after settling her divorce with Mathews, the reality star raved about Carpinello on Instagram. “You make every day special,” she told her then-beau. “Thank you for loving and accepting me for exactly who I am.”
September 2019
After an Instagram user criticized Farley for introducing Carpinello to her and Mathews’ kids as soon as she did, Carpinello clapped back. “You’re clueless,” he told the user.
September 2019
Farley raved about the physical side of the relationship on Jersey Shore: Family Vacation. “I can’t stop having sex,” she said. “[You know] when you’ve ever dated someone, when you’re so, like, infatuated and attracted to them, you just chill with them, like, all day?”
October 2019
Us Weekly confirmed the duo’s split the day after Jersey Shore: Family Vacation viewers saw Carpinello flirt with Pivarnick. “After seeing tonight’s episode I’m pretty hurt,” JWoww wrote on Instagram after the airing. “I feel disrespected by someone I called a friend and by someone who stated they loved me.”
October 2019
Just one day after the pair reunited for a weekend getaway at Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida, Us Weekly confirmed that the romance was back on. Their romantic trip came a week after they were spotted at a New Jersey theme park with her two children.
December 2019
The MTV star confirmed their on-again relationship with a simple Instagram Story post. She shared a photo of herself and Carpinello, adding three heart-eyes emojis. He posted the same pic with the caption, “My love.”
December 2019
Carpinello bared his heart after the couple’s reconciliation. “You mean absolutely everything to me,” he wrote via Instagram. “You are my world. You are tremendously special in so many ways. You are an absolutely gorgeous woman inside and out. We are incredible together, and I want to be by your side for the rest of time. I love you @jwoww.”
February 2021
In March 2021, Farley revealed the pair got engaged the month prior. “On 2.27 I said yes on the top of the Empire State Building,” she wrote via Instagram.
May 2021
The duo attended the 2021 MTV Movie and TV Awards.
June 2022
“My special person. You are so gorgeous,” the professional athlete wrote via social media. “I love you more every day @jwoww 😍❤️.”
August 2022
Carpinello shared a winery selfie with his love via Instagram.
October 2022
The couple dressed up as characters from Harry Potter alongside Farley’s kids for Halloween.
December 2022
Farley rang in the new year with her fiancé.
January 2023
The lovebirds jetted off to Canada for a romantic getaway.
January 2023
Farley exclusively told Us that she had “nothing” new to report when it came to her wedding plans. “I’m trying, then I’m not trying,” she explained. “I really wanna do it out of the country, but then to do that you gotta kind of … rely on people abroad to do it.”
The TV personality joked that her costars Angelina Pivarnick, who split from Chris Larangeira in 2022, and Vinny Guadagnino, who was single at the time, “will probably get married before I [do].”
March 2026
Farley and Carpinello were spotted enjoying date night while celebrating Madison Modern Social’s one-year anniversary with restaurateur Frank Brusco.
June 2026
Farley and Carpinello surprised loved ones by inviting them to a movie screening on June 24, 2026, only to exchange vows instead in a Beauty and the Beast-themed ceremony.
“We’ve spent months keeping this secret, creating invitations, planning the movie-themed details, and building the surprise,” the newlyweds told People. “Seeing our family and friends go from thinking they’re attending a special screening for Nanny Cam to realizing they’re actually at our wedding will be a moment we’ll never forget.”
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