Actress Jennifer Love Hewitt is expecting her first child with her "Client List" co-star Brian Hallisay, 34. The couple said in a statement according to CNN,

"This is a wonderful time, and we are looking forward to starting our family together."

US Weekly reported that the couple have been dating for over a year. They also play an on-screen couple on the show.

Hewitt was previously engaged to actor Ross McCall who she started dating in 2005. They dated until 2008 and then she dated her Ghost Whisperer co star Jamie Kennedy from 2009 to 2010. Hewitt said to US Weekly in 2010 about having kids. "I would love to to have babies. . . one day. I'm obsessed with babies."

In 2012 Hewitt said to USA Today that she has "always been a hopeless romantic. I've always had my head in the rom-com - which I think is a great quality. The problem is, rom-com's aren't real."

"I'm at a place where I could get married, I could not get married," she added to USA Today at the time. "Kids is not something I'll give up on, that's something I really want in my life but I just sort of started shifting my mindset a little bit."

Hallisay was originally just a recurring character on the show, but then became a series regular. They first met when they appeared together in the NBC comedy, "Love Bites" but the couple didn't reportedly start dating until 2012 reported E!.

The client list tv show is based on the tv film of the same name that was on Lifetime in 2010. IMDB describes the plot as, "Riley is a single mother living in a small Texas town and leading a shocking double life. Her secret would send shockwaves through the community and possibly land her in jail if it was ever exposed. Riley's taken a job at a seemingly traditional day spa, but soon realizes that the parlor offers a little more than just massage therapy. It's not the happy ending she was expecting but it does open her eyes to a world she's never seen before."