Who Is Tony Romo's Wife? All About Candice Crawford Romo

Mar. 15, 2025

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Tony Romomay have hung up his helmet in 2017 after a 14-year career as a quarterback for theDallas Cowboys,but the four-time Pro Bowler has remained in the spotlight since becoming anNFL commentator.

Tony will provide commentary at the 2024Super Bowl— his third in a row — when the Kansas City Chiefs face off against the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday, Feb. 11.

What fans might not know is that Tony’s wife,Candice Crawford Romo, is also a sports journalist. In fact, the pair first met while Candice was an intern for the Dallas Cowboys. They started dating in 2009, married in 2011 and now have three children.

“If you get a great wife who understands the demands of someone in athletics, I think that’s important,” Tony toldPEOPLEin 2012. “I was lucky enough to find someone like that. She’s a great mom and a great wife.”

In July 2023, Tony told PEOPLE he’s “incredibly fortunate and lucky” to have married Candice.“It’s like she’s really sacrificed the time for me to be able to live out my dreams and to support me in that and to help me achieve it,” he said. “And I think that that’s a whole other level.”

So, who is Tony Romo’s wife? Keep reading to learn more about Candice Crawford and her relationship with her husband.

She studied broadcast journalism at the University of Missouri

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Her parents were huge Cowboys fans

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When Tony first asked his future wife out on a date, the college junior was still living with her parents, who were obsessed with the Cowboys. Afraid they’d embarrass her, Candice made them hide in the bathroom when Tony came to pick her up.

“My parents, being massive Cowboys fans, she didn’t want them in the house,” Candice’s older brother Chace explained onThe Rich Eisen Show. “She made my parents hide. She didn’t realize Tony was coming over to pick her up … it caught her off guard, so she pushes my parents back in the back … literally in their master bathroom.”

Her brother is actor Chace Crawford

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Candice’s older brotherChace Crawfordplayed Nate Archibald on the hit CW seriesGossip Girland stars on Amazon Prime Video’sThe Boys.

But Chace’s fame didn’t make the lifelong Cowboys fans any less starstruck around Tony. “I grew up in Dallas, big fan,” Chace said during a2020 appearanceonThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. “It was very surreal to become friends with them. We were the family that took ridiculous Christmas pictures in front of the fireplace with Cowboys Starter jackets and white turtlenecks and that’s a true story … When he became a part of our family, watching those football games became a lot more nerve-racking.”

She and Tony got married in 2011 during the NFL lockout

In 2010,Tony popped the questionon Candice’s 24th birthday. The pair latertied the knoton May 28, 2011, at Arlington Hall, a historic mansion in uptown Dallas.

Six hundred guests attended the wedding, including current and former Cowboys playersTroy Aikman,Roger Staubach,Dez BryantandMiles Austin, as well as team ownerJerry Jones, who had to getspecial permission to attendhis star quarterback’s nuptials since owners and players weren’t allowed to have contact during theNFL lockout.

She loves being a boy mom

Candice and Tony have three sons: Hawkins,RiversandJones McCoy. And while Candice remains the only female in the family, the proud mama told PEOPLE she wouldn’t want it any other way.

“Sure, it would have been new and different to have a little girl running around,” she said. “But we love our boys andI love being a ‘boy mom’… The best part about being a boy mom is that they keep me active! Whether it’s sword fighting or playing basketball, we are constantly on the go.”

She’s a former Miss Missouri

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In 2008, Candice — who had previously competed in the Miss Texas Teen pageant in 2003 and 2005 — was crownedMiss Missouri USA.

A college junior at the time, Candice credited her experience as a broadcast journalism student for helping her take home the win.

“Getting up on stage in a swimsuit is not easy,” she told theColumbia Tribune, adding that the reporting she did for local television station KOMU was “excellent practice for this pageant” because it helped improve her interviewing skills and build up her confidence.

She’s a co-founder of Hawk+Sloane

Already a journalist and pageant queen, Candice added the title entrepreneur to the list when she launchedHawk+Sloanein 2016 with her middle school best friend, Hollie Siglin.

So, how does Candicebalance running a company as a mom of three? “The beauty about Hawk+Sloane is that we can work around our kids' schedules,” Candice told PEOPLE. “And I do it with my best friend, so it never feels like work.”

She and Tony costarred in a Super Bowl commercial

In 2021, the couple joined forces in a Super Bowl ad for Skechers.

In the spot, the Romos show viewers how they tackle everything in their household, from mile-high sandwiches or the monster truck Tony drives to work. A few days beforeSuper Bowl LVin Tampa, Florida, Candice shared ablooper reelfrom the ad on Instagram. “The Big Game has nothing on these #marriagegoals!” she wrote.

source: people.com