Simmons met actor Chris Harrison on the set of Monster Island in 2004, and soon began dating. Harrison proposed on July 28, 2008 and the couple married on Sept. 6, 2009. Actress Crystal Lowe was a bridesmaid at the wedding. Together they owned a CrossFit gym. They divorced at a later date. She remarried in 2015. On June 1, 2016, Simmons gave birth to a daughter. Simmons filmed the TV movie Operation Christmas portraying a pregnant woman during her real life pregnancy. Simmons resides in Vancouver and L.A. Simmons has two dogs, a yorki named Talula, and an adopted rescue puppy named Tibby. Simmons cites cooking as her other passion away from acting.