HGTV Power Couple Never Dreamed of Fame, but ‘God’s Plans’ Are ‘Better Than Ours’

Published: March 21, 2025

Ben Napier and Erin Napier attend The 56th Annual CMA Awards at Bridgestone Arena on November 09, 2022 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Jason Kempin/Getty Images)

HGTV Power Couple Never Dreamed of Fame, but ‘God’s Plans’ Are ‘Better Than Ours’

By Movieguide® Contributor

Ben and Erin Napier never imagined they would have an HGTV show about their little hometown — it was all God’s doing.

“We have quit making plans because God’s plans have always been so much better than ours,” Ben explained in a recent episode of the TAMRON HALL SHOW. “This was never even a dream of ours.”

“Who thinks, ‘I live in Laurel, Mississippi and I can have a TV show about our town?’ Like, you just don’t of that,” Erin said.

It’s been nine years since the couple’s first episode of HOME TOWN came out. Now, they have another series, HOME TOWN TAKEOVER, and millions of fans.

“In so many ways it feels not real — that we get to go to work together every day,” Erin said. “We’re a little bit inseparable, but we have been since we met. Everything we’ve ever done we have to do together, and I don’t think I could ever go to work for nine hours a day away from you,” Erin said to Ben.

The couple prizes communication and credits it for keeping their marriage tight.

“We communicate constantly,” she said. “We’re very lucky that we are able to because we’re always together.”

Ben recently told House Beautiful, “At the end of the day, we love each other, and we’re best friends. Most of the time, people aren’t out to get you: They’re just out here surviving like the rest of us — especially, especially your spouse. We say the same thing all the time because we’re on the same team and we’re in this together.”

HOME TOWN TAKEOVER Season 3 just kicked off on March 9. In it, the couple takes over Sebring, Florida, revitalizing homes and businesses — for free.

“These people whose homes we renovated were just some of the most remarkable people,” Erin said. “It’s emotional for us to think of the way [our work] could change their life.”

They teased there is some “heavy content” ahead.

“There are a couple moments where we had to pull aside and talk to our producers and say, ‘Are we OK telling this?’ And that’s rare. It’s fluffy HGTV. And we love fluffy HGTV. But there’s some pretty heavy content that gets covered this season, and in a beautiful way,” Erin said.

The next episode will air on Sunday, March 23 at 8 p.m. on HGTV.