arts | March 10, 2026

Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard, Plus More Celebrity Couples Who Got Married at a Courthouse

Kristen Bell recently released the very first photos from her courthouse wedding with Dax Shepard and she couldn't look happier! And while it's become the norm for celebrity couples to go all out with weddings (we're looking at you, Kim Kardashian and Kanye West), plenty of stars have kept things simple and tied the knot at a city hall.

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Click through the gallery to see couples who never had a lavish wedding.

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Kristen bell dax sheppard

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Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard (Scroll through the gallery to see more stars who got married at a courthouse.)

"We got married in a tiny room in the Beverly Hills courthouse, and it was still one of the best days of my life," Kristen recently said.

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Wiz khalifa amber rose

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Wiz Khalifa and Amber Rose

The rapper and Kanye West's ex got married in an LA courthouse in July 2013. Later that year in the fall, they had a wedding ceremony.

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Jessica alba cash warren

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Jessica Alba and Cash Warren

The couple quietly got married at the Beverly Hills courthouse in May 2008.

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Michael c hall morgan mcgregor

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Michael C. Hall and Morgan Macgregor

After dating for three years, the pair quietly got married at New York City Hall in Feb. of this year.

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Kailyn lowry javi marroquin

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Kailyn Lowry and Javi Marroquin

The Teen Mom star married her now estranged-husband in a small ceremony at a Pennsylvania courthouse in Sept. 2012.

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Matt damon luciana barroso

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Matt Damon and Luciana Barroso

The pair tied the knot in 2005 at New York City Hall.

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Keira knightley james righton

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Keira Knightley and James Righton

The actress married her husband in 2013 at a town hall in France.

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Christian slater brittany lopez

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Christian Slater and Brittany Lopez

The Mr. Robot actor married his second wife in a courthouse in Miami.

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Jeff schroeder jordan lloyd

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Jeff Schroeder and Jordan Lloyd

The Big Brother stars got married at the Beverly Hills courthouse upon finding out that Jordan was pregnant.

"I said, ‘Why don’t we go on ahead and go to the courthouse, and make it legal?’" she said. "And I’m more traditional anyway, so I was like, ‘I want our baby to have our same last name on the birth certificate too.’ So I was like, 'Let’s just go on ahead and get married, and then we’ll have the baby, and then next year we’ll have a wedding ceremony with all of our friends.'”

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Ellen pompeo chris ivery

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Ellen Pompeo and Chris Ivery

The Grey's Anatomy actress got married at New York City Hall in 2007.

"She just didn't want a big [ceremony]," her dad said.

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Matt dallas blue hamilton

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Matt Dallas and Blue Hamilton

The Kyle XY actor announced his marriage to Blue on Instagram by posting a photo of the two holding their marriage license in front of a courthouse.

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Jenelle evans courtland rogers

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Jenelle Evans and Courtland Rogers

The Teen Mom star married her now ex-husband in a North Carolina courthouse in Dec. 2012.