The couple opens up about what it was like to find love on the Netflix show and the surprising expectations that came with it.

On the morning of Brett Brown and Tiffany Pennywell-Browns wedding day, a train that runs from Portland, Oregon, to Seattle passed by Tiffanys window just as she was about to start getting ready.

Tiffany, 37, calls out the significance of that moment on Love Is Blind, the Netflix reality series that brought her and Brett, 38, together. She lived in Seattle, where the fourth season was set, and he lived in Portland. That day, they would begin merging their lives and start their forever together.

Today is magical, she says in the episode. My head is in the clouds.

Its wild to realize that this couple will celebrate their two-year anniversary in May. Since their engagement in the pods, Tiffany and Brett have traveled a lot. (They have an upcoming trip to Japan, which has been on Bretts bucket list.) Theyve spent a lot of date nights at their favorite restaurants around Portland. And theyve continued to learn more about each other. (Bretts a huge movie buff, and Tiffany loves soca music and singing along with Beyonc.)

Fans have lauded their marriage as an example of true Black love, and still cheer for the couple and their beautiful relationship on social media. On reality dating shows, viewers often miss out on seeing authentic connections between Black partners, and Tiffany and Brett helped fill that void.

The Browns didnt set out to be this picture-perfect couple, but people appreciate what we represent more than I think I ever could have imagined, Brett told HuffPost.

I credit Brett to just reminding me, like: Tiffany, just be who you are. Were good people. We truly love each other and we just need to put that out into the world, Tiffany said. So what youre seeing is us, and what youre gonna continue to see is us, and Im glad that we hold each other accountable.

HuffPost talked to the Browns about their first two years of marriage, the surprising things theyve learned about each other since the pods and how their parents showed them examples of forever love.

Brett Brown: Weve been good. Weve just been living a very normal life, planning some trips here in the very near future. Hopefully looking to buy a home pretty soon, so weve been kind of starting that process. The holidays were great with family and friends. Weve been good.

Tiffany Pennywell-Brown: For me, I remember during After the Altar, I was still getting settled into the Portland area, and now I feel like Ive laid down roots here. Ive met a good community of people, theyve started to feel like home, and its been great cause I just think that Brett and I have definitely gotten closer since filming the show.

TPB: Its just having somebody that I feel like I can trust completely and can completely rely on. I love how we think and talk through things. I think were a little different in some ways, but I just feel like Brett just kind of balances me out. So thats what I would say has been great about our marriage, especially cause of how we got married, like so quickly. Things can go either way, and Im glad to say that its just gotten better and better the longer that weve been married.

BB: Yeah, I agree with everything Tiffany just said. Having a partner through everything has been big for me. I was single for a long time before going on Love Is Blind and meeting Tiffany, and thinking back, there were a lot of things that I did as an individual and experiences like traveling that I did as an individual, and its so much better to experience things with your person. So like me and Tiffany, thankfully we travel so well together. And like she was saying, she balances me out as well. I mean, Im probably a little more buttoned up and not as loose as Tiffany is in some things. Im really kind of focused, like, Hey babe, you gotta do this, you gotta do that, and this, and... [Laughs]

TPB: Hes a very responsible individual, but thats what I love about him too. [Laughs]

BB: Yeah, Im like responsible to a fault, so Tiffany kind of balances me to be like, Brett, chill. Like, Hey, it aint that serious, babe. And Im like, OK, youre right.

TPB: Yeah, absolutely.

BB: Yeah, I mean, that situation, in so many ways, it was very unfortunate, but it did highlight a lot of things. Like, I care about things. I care about things my names are attached to. I care about how I look. I care about how I show up for other people. And like, yeah, that moment, as unexpected as it was, really showed that I care, just in general.

TPB: I know Brett is very much career-driven. He cares a lot about things, but just seeing the really funny side of Brett kind of shocked me a little bit, because I was like, wait, where was this Brett when we were on camera? Hes very big into film and acting, and seeing him do different impressions and it comes out of nowhere. That part had me like, Babe, you kind of funny. [Laughs]

BB: Im very funny.

TPB: You are. I think just seeing that side of him has been great, because I think whenever we are not working and were just chilling at the house, we can have conversations about anything and everything, and itll turn into Brett diving into cinematography or Brett acting out some persons line in a movie. Thats been cool to see.

BB: During filming and everything, I think it kind of showed that Tiffany had kind of a bubbly personality. But I think seeing more of that has been great. Like, she loves music, she loves to dance, and I dont think anybody knows this, but she loves to sing.

TPB: Oh God.

BB: And I know shes probably like, Babe, stop. But seeing her just in her element, there are times where I come home from work. She has her soca music on. She may have her headphones on and she doesnt even know that Ive walked in the door. There have been times where I just sit back and watch her. Shes up here doing a whole dance routine and singing and stuff, and Im like, I can never do that. I dont care if anybody wasnt watching. I just dont have that energy.

So just seeing her fun side just at home. And she sings a lot, and she has a great voice. Im not gonna put her on the spot. But there have been some times where weve been talking about music and stuff and shell be like, Oh, like this? And shell hit the notes, and Im like, Oh, hey, you did that too good. [Laughs]

BB: We have this stupid thing. Its not even a real person. Its Bane from The Dark Knight Rises.

TPB: Oh, my God.

BB: We have like the dumbest thing where Ill say the normal thing that I would say that I would just turn on like this Bane voice, almost like a Darth Vader, like putting my hand over my [mouth] so its muffled and whatnot. So I always do that. Its dumb, but we always have a lot of fun with that.

Im someone whos really, really watched a lot of movies. So I love all of Spike Lees work, huge David Fincher fan. The Killer on Netflix just came out a little while ago love that film and everything that he does. Same with Steven Soderbergh and Martin Scorsese. We just watched Killers of [the] Flower Moon and Im looking forward to Dune with Denis Villeneuve. I could go on and on and on about movies and stuff like that.

TPB: Its probably Beyonc. More than likely. I grew up on her, and were both from Houston. Ive been listening to her since I was like 10 years old. So Im always singing Beyonc. But then I love listening to all kinds of music too. So Brett said, like, soca, and with soca music, its like Machel Montano or its Kes, and then I also like more independent artists like Majid Jordan.

TPB: At first, I did feel a little bit of pressure because I felt so normal. I just am who I am and I just happened to fall in love with a man that just happened to be Black. But I will say that I knew that we shared a lot of the same experiences, and so Im glad that people were able to just see a good love story. But I think I credit Brett to just reminding me like, Tiffany, just be who you are. Were good people. We truly love each other and we just need to put that out into the world. So what youre seeing is us, and what youre gonna continue to see is us, and Im glad that we hold each other accountable.

BB: Yeah, weve talked about this just between us more than a couple of times. And I wouldnt say that I personally feel a lot of pressure. Its more just awareness of how people view us or Black love specifically. We were in Toronto early in the year and we were running into people, and theyre like, Hey, like, thank you for representing us and Black love. And Im like, wow, people pay attention and appreciate what we represent more than I think I ever could have imagined.

TPB: Yeah, and I would say I just want there to be more positive Black influences in media too, and Im glad that we are a part of that. Brett and I both had our parents to look up to for Black love and relationships. And so for the people that are looking for that, Im glad that they can look at our story and see good examples of a positive relationship.

TPB: For me, knowing that everything is not going to be roses, but what is beautiful after many years of marriage is seeing how youve worked through things together. I remember my father specifically saying something when I was younger I will never do anything to break up this family. So I was really looking for that loyalty and trust in my partner. I know that everything isnt going to be perfect, but someone that sticks by you through all your ups and downs is beautiful. And being able to look back on that decades down the line, thats something I want for myself.

BB: Id say the biggest thing is just understanding the level of commitment that marriage is, and definitely my parents have definitely been through some things over their what, 40 some years of being married which is wild. Doubling down on communicating and understanding that there are gonna be things that pop up, and thats kind of the beauty of the struggle.

One of the challenges about marriage is making it work in spite of whatever else is going on. So, I have a lot of admiration for my parents for thinking through everything that theyve been through for 40-plus years, and Im glad theyre here to see their youngest son get married. Im sure they were like, Yo, whats happening with Brett? He like 35. He aint married yet. So Im happy theyre able to now see me with a wife and build that relationship.

BB: Really understanding that were a team has been the biggest adjustment. Weve lived our lives as an individual for so long that you are used to making decisions by yourself, or making calls on things, and you dont really have to kind of check with somebody else. And being married and being in a relationship, anything that I do affects Tiffany. Any decisions that I make affect Tiffany. So I think its been an adjustment of checking myself.

TPB: Yeah, and we were both just independent individuals. So just moving into a relationship where you are having to make decisions as a team, thats definitely been the hardest part. But I am glad to see how weve worked together through this.

BB: The only difference that I feel is actually being aware of how long weve actually known each other. So there have been times where like, if me and Tiff are talking about something or theres a misunderstanding, and Im like, Babe, we gotta give each other some grace here, because weve known each other for under two years. And most people would probably date for two years before they even get engaged, and they could be engaged for however long before they get married, so by the time they get married, they got years and years in the game. So giving each other grace when theres something that is misunderstood, because were still very young in our relationship at the end of the day.

TPB: Yeah. Its almost like were just doing everything in reverse. That stage before we have each others phone number. [Laughs]

BB: Or even saw our Instagram.

TPB: We dont watch a lot of reality TV. I only like one series and thats Real Housewives of Potomac. I dont know if I would wanna be on something like that because usually those women end up with issues... [Laughs] What about like a competition show, where its just more focused on us working as a team?

BB: Yeah, I wouldnt wanna do anything thats like, Hey, watch our relationship in a reality TV format. I feel like thats just inviting negativity and problems and opinions in your marriage. So I think if it was something like a competition show, or something thats really not about our relationship, but were there as a couple. If I think of a singing competition, youve got the judges that are judging whoever is up on the stage. That kind of role, I think, would be kind of fun to see what other people are doing and just kind of providing commentary.

BB: I had a lot of people hit me up about that, and were like, Brett, where were you on the show? I didnt see you on the show? And I was like, Oh no. We were just promoting. And theyre like, Oh man. I was hoping yall would be on it.

TPB: I would say, make sure you do the work on yourself. Make sure that you are happy and content with who you are as an individual. And if its a dating show or just anything related to dating, dont change who you are to fit someone elses standards. Be confident in the person that you are, and look for somebody that just truly loves that person.