Who Is Kirk Cousins’ Wife Julie Hampton? Everything To Know About Minnesota Vikings Quarterback’s Partner

Kirk Cousins has spent over a decade in the NFL, and Julie Hampton has been there for most of it. The two were introduced by a mutual family friend in 2012, when Cousins was still early in his Washington career. By November 2013 he had proposed on the balcony of the Speaker of the House's office inside the United States Capitol building, which is either very romantic or very on-brand for a quarterback known for doing things his own way. They married on June 28, 2014, in Atlanta. Julie was born and raised in Alpharetta, Georgia, in 1989, the daughter of Sue and Michael Hampton, youngest of three kids with two older brothers named Scott and Steve.

Who Is Julie Hampton Cousins and How Did She Meet Kirk?

Julie attended the University of Georgia in Athens before the relationship with Cousins turned serious. Faith has always been central to both of them, something that has shown up repeatedly in how they talk about their marriage and their public work. After Kirk signed with the Atlanta Falcons in 2024, the family moved back to Georgia, putting Julie back in the state she grew up in.

The couple has two sons, Cooper, born 2017, and Turner, born 2019. They also have a Labradoodle named Abe. Their family got the Netflix treatment when they were featured in “Quarterback,” the documentary series that followed several NFL players through a season and gave fans a look at what the life actually costs. Kirk was not the only subject. Julie was part of that story too. The series put a face to the name for a lot of fans who had heard her mentioned in interviews but never seen much of how she operates day to day alongside a career that moves cities and demands everything.

Kirk Cousins' Wife Julie Hampton: Family, Charity, and Life Off the Field

The Julie and Kirk Cousins Foundation works with Bethany Christian Services, the Boys and Girls Clubs of America, and International Justice Mission. Kirk has talked openly about the couple's approach to giving, and it goes back further than the money got big. In 2022, the two bought the Clearbrook Golf Course in Saugatuck, Michigan, a nod to Cousins' Midwest years in Minnesota.

After the Atlanta move, Julie joined a Bible study group with other Falcons wives and girlfriends, something she has done at previous stops as well. She has stayed mostly out of the headlines across all of it, which at this point looks less like accident and more like preference. The foundation work, the community involvement, the family side of a very public career: Julie handles most of it without making it about herself, which is a harder thing to pull off than it looks.