--- description: There's a reason why Jim and Pam were the perfect couple. title: Jenna Fischer and John Krasinski 'Genuinely in Love' on 'The Office' image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4b4af8fdaf01f10f/69887a16a988ca8c7c6b639a/jenna-fischer-john-krasinski-office.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Jenna Fischer And John Krasinski Were 'Genuinely in Love' During _The Office_ by [Arian Bacle / Entertainment Weekly](/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Arian Bacle / Entertainment Weekly Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 21, 2016 9:10 PM CUT  The Office "Finale" Episode 924/925 -Jenna Fischer as Pam Beesly Halpert, John Krasinski as Jim Halpert The Office "Finale" Episode 924/925 -Jenna Fischer as Pam Beesly Halpert, John Krasinski as Jim HalpertChris Haston—NBC/NBCU Photo Bank/Getty Images by [Arian Bacle / Entertainment Weekly](/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Arian Bacle / Entertainment Weekly Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 21, 2016 9:10 PM CUT _The Office_’s Jim ([John Krasinski](http://www.ew.com/topic/john-krasinski "undefined")) and Pam ([Jenna Fischer](http://www.ew.com/topic/jenna-fischer "undefined")) will forever be remembered as one of the greatest couples — if not _the_ greatest couple — on television, and Fischer told Andy Cohen that their swoon-worthy chemistry wasn’t all fake when she appeared on _Watch What Happens Live_ Wednesday. “There’s a real part of me that is Pam and a real part of him that is Jim, and those parts of us were genuinely in love with one another,” she said in response to a fan who asked how close the two were. “But in real life, we aren’t totally Pam and totally Jim, so in real life, we’re not the perfect match.” Also in real life, the two got married in July 2010 — just, sadly for [_Office_](http://www.ew.com/topic/office "undefined")fans, not to each other: Fischer wed screenwriter Lee Kirk July 3, and Krasinski tied the knot with actress [Emily Blunt](http://www.ew.com/topic/emily-blunt "undefined") just a week later on July 10. But they were _like_ spouses for a while there, Fischer says. “He was my partner. We will always be close because of it.” Watch the full clip above. _This_ [_article_](http://www.ew.com/article/2016/01/21/the-office-jenna-fischer-john-krasinski "undefined") _originally appeared on_ [_EW.com_](http://ew.com "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4189432/jenna-fischer-john-krasinski-in-love/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4189432/jenna-fischer-john-krasinski-in-love/"},"headline":"Jenna Fischer And John Krasinski Were 'Genuinely in Love' During The Office","datePublished":"2016-01-21T21:10:35.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T14:20:51.024Z","description":"There's a reason why Jim and Pam were the perfect couple","url":"https://time.com/4189432/jenna-fischer-john-krasinski-in-love/","keywords":["Television","The Office","TV","Funny"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4b4af8fdaf01f10f/69887a16a988ca8c7c6b639a/jenna-fischer-john-krasinski-office.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Arian Bacle / Entertainment Weekly"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4b4af8fdaf01f10f/69887a16a988ca8c7c6b639a/jenna-fischer-john-krasinski-office.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"The Office - Season 9","caption":"The Office \"Finale\" Episode 924/925 -Jenna Fischer as Pam Beesly Halpert, John Krasinski as Jim Halpert","creditText":"Chris Haston—NBC/NBCU Photo Bank/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4189432/jenna-fischer-john-krasinski-in-love/","name":"Jenna Fischer And John Krasinski Were 'Genuinely in Love' During The Office"}}]}] ```