David Beckham Shares the Secret to His 27-Year Marriage to Victoria Beckham

David and Victoria Beckham have been together since the late '90s and never looked back. Today, they've been together for 27 years and counting—a number that's rare in Hollywood. According to the former soccer star, their relationship hasn't always been smooth sailing, but the hardships have brought them close throughout the years.

In the upcoming May 20 episode of Jason Bateman, Sean Hayes, and Will Arnett's SmartLess podcast, David reflected on his Beckham documentary and revealed that he and Victoria "both get emotional about" the ups and downs they've experienced in their relationship.

"After watching the documentary, after everything was over and we watched it finally, that's the one thing that we looked at each other and was like, 'I don't know how we got through the last 27 years, but we did, and we have an amazing family, we have amazing businesses, and we're happy,'" Beckham told the hosts.

He continued, "Of course, when you're with someone for that amount of time, of course you have your ups and downs, everybody knows that and at the end of the day we were lucky because we had each other at those moments."

David explained that despite their different backgrounds, experiencing those hardships only strengthened their bond. "You know, she was a Spice Girl. I was playing for Manchester United, and even when we were going through the difficult times, we actually had each other to feed off and that was the best part," he recalled.

The couple met when they were 21 and 22 and welcomed their first son, Brooklyn, two years into their relationship—which David had always hoped for, even before meeting Victoria.

"The one thing that I always wanted for me, I was lucky I met Victoria when I met her because I always wanted to have kids young," he added. "I always wanted to have kids that lived through my career with me, and I was lucky the three boys all lived through most of the teams that I played for, and that, for me, was a really important part of my life."

David and Victoria have three sons and one daughter: Brooklyn, 25, Romeo, 21, Cruz, 19, and Harper, 12. Brooklyn married Nicola Peltz in 2022.