Coronation Street's real-life couples - mind-blowing engagements to messy breakups

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Coronation Street just wouldn’t be Coronation Street without its relationship dramas.But it's even better when you discover that real-life relationships blossoming behind the scenes too.It's always exciting to find out that an on-screen couple - or even rivals - have got together off-screen, but this doesn’t just happen in Hollywood.Even on our classic soaps, romance blossoms when actors spend so much time together.

And the world of Corrie has given us its fair share of co-star romances. In fact, a good number relationships have formed between actors on the show, their romatantic endeavours running alongside the rows, births and proposals in the plot lines.Here, we've delved a bit further into some of Corrie’s highest profile co-star romances, from those you’ve heard of to the ones you probably never expected.Sparks flew on set between Charlie De Melo, who played Imran Habeeb, and Nicola Thorp, aka Pat Phelan.They had been close friends for 10 years before sparking up a relationship during their time together on Corrie.Back in September 2018, Nicola confessed she was “jealous” of her boyfriend having steamy romantic scenes with Georgia Taylor and Jane Danson, who play Toyah and Leanne Battersby respectively.“Let’s just say I get very, very jealous of Charlie because Georgia and Jane and are absolutely gorgeous.

He’s a lucky man,” she said.Speaking to The Sun, she added: “I’m loving watching the storyline. I find it really funny, and I’m just super proud of him.

I’m proud of the whole team and I’m really, really enjoying watching that classic Corrie comedy of errors.”But behind their cute photos on social media, cracks were beginning to appear.