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Vicki Newman

How Coronation Street's Sally Carman and Joe Duttine found love on the cobbles

Coronation Street stars Sally Carman and Joe Duttine found more than an acting job on the cobbles - they found love too!

The couple, who play Abi Franklin and Tim Metcalfe in the ITV soap, have just moved into their first home together.

But how did they go from co-workers to co-habitors?

It was reported back in August, last year, that Sally and Joe were dating.

And they appeared to confirm the rumour when they were pictured holding hands as they arrived at Corrie's annual summer party at The Victoria Warehouse in Manchester.

"Both Joe and Sally had been single for a while and just met at the right time in their lives," a source said at the time.

Sally and Joe have moved in together (Instagram)
They're so loved up (Instagram)

"Sally thinks Joe is a funny and caring guy and he’s really fallen for her, too."

And Joe, 49, and Sally, 38, were reportedly given a seal of approval from their castmates.

The source added to The Sun: "They’ve now told their castmates and everyone thinks it’s a match made in heaven."

Joe has starred in the soap as cab boss Tim since 2013, and met Sally when she joined in 2017 as Seb Franklin's drug-addicted mum Abi.

They found love on the cobbles (Instagram)
Tim and Abi live together but aren't romantically involved (ITV)

Funnily enough, their characters live together on the show, but they're not romantically involved.

Abi lives with Tim and his wife, her best mate Sally, who is played by Sally Dynevor.

And Abi seems to be growing closer and closer to her boss, garage owner Kevin Webster (Michael Le Vell), the ex-husband of her mate Sally.

What a tangled web!

Abi and Tim sit down for chat (ITV)
The couple at this year's Mirror Ball (Steve Searle/WENN.com)

In real life, things are a lot less complicated and clearly going very well for the loved-up couple, as they've just moved into their first home together.

After going public with their romance, they took to Instagram to show off their new love nest, posing up for a cosy snap in their plush kitchen.

Dressed in their comfy clothes, Sally wraps her arms around her man's waist as she snuggles in for the picture.

They look so glam (Dave Nelson)

Joe wraps a protective arm around Sally's shoulders to pull her in close.

"We're in," said Sally as she shared it online.

* Coronation Street airs Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays on ITV

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