Lauren Conrad is married to William Tell.
Tell is a former musician turned entertainment lawyer. He played rhythm guitar and sang backing vocals for the band Something Corporate. He later earned a law degree from USC Gould School of Law.
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The couple married on September 13, 2014. As of November 2026, they remain married and have two sons together.
Who Is William Tell?
William John Tell is best known in two very different careers: music and law.
He joined the piano-rock band Something Corporate in 2001. He played rhythm guitar and provided backing vocals. The band released its first major-label album, Leaving Through the Window, in 2002.
Tell left Something Corporate in 2004. He then tried a solo music career. His solo record, You Can Hold Me Down, was released on March 13, 2007.
Music did not become his long-term career. He went back to school, completed an undergraduate degree in music business at the University of Southern California in 2011, and then studied law.
He earned his J.D. from USC Gould School of Law in 2014. He has since worked as an entertainment lawyer. In 2023, he reunited on stage with Something Corporate, ending a long break for the band’s core members.
William Tell at a Glance
- Full name: William John Tell
- Wife: Lauren Conrad, married September 13, 2014
- Music: Rhythm guitarist and backing vocalist, Something Corporate (2001-2004); solo album You Can Hold Me Down (2007)
- Education: Music business degree, USC (2011); J.D., USC Gould School of Law (2014)
- Current work: Entertainment lawyer, with a later Something Corporate reunion in 2023-2024
- Children: Two sons, Liam and Charlie
Who Is Lauren Conrad?
Lauren Katherine Conrad was born on February 1, 1986, in Laguna Beach, California. Her parents are Jim, an architect, and Kathy Conrad.
She first came to fame on MTV’s Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County, which began in 2004. She then starred in its spin-off, The Hills, for five of its six seasons, from 2006 to 2009.
After reality television, Conrad built a fashion and lifestyle career. She launched LC Lauren Conrad with Kohl’s in fall 2009. She also co-founded the fair trade online store The Little Market with Hannah Skvarla in 2013.
How Lauren Conrad and William Tell Met
Their story has two beginnings, ten years apart.
Conrad first saw Tell when she was 16, sitting on stage at a Something Corporate concert. At that point, they did not date. They were simply a fan and a performer in the same room.
Their real meeting came much later. Mutual friends set them up on a blind date on Valentine’s Day in 2012. Conrad has said a friend from law school set up the date, and the group dinner turned into time together afterwards.
They moved quickly after that. Conrad has described them as falling hard and getting engaged about a year and a half after they started dating.
Engagement and Wedding
Tell proposed in October 2013. Conrad announced the engagement on her blog that month, saying she was thrilled and excited to share the news.
They married less than a year later, on September 13, 2014. The wedding was held at Sunstone Vineyards and Winery in Santa Ynez, California.
That corrects two errors in the old article. The wedding was not in Santa Monica, and Tell was not a stranger from Conrad’s college days. The couple met through friends in 2012, years after her first sighting of him on stage.
Do Lauren Conrad and William Tell Have Children?
Yes. They have two sons.
- Liam James Tell, born July 5, 2017
- Charlie Wolf Tell, born October 8, 2019
Both children are sons. The old article was wrong when it called Charlie a daughter in one section and gave a December 2019 birth date in another. The verified date is October 8, 2019.
The family has largely lived out of the spotlight in recent years. Recent reporting places them back in Conrad’s hometown of Laguna Beach, California, where they are raising their two sons.
Is Lauren Conrad Still Married?
Yes. As of November 2026, Lauren Conrad is still married to William Tell.
They passed their tenth wedding anniversary in September 2024. Conrad has credited good communication as part of why the marriage has lasted.
Was William Tell on The Hills?
No. William Tell was not a cast member on The Hills.
That confusion is easy to understand. Conrad’s early television life was very public, and Tell’s early music life was public too. But their relationship began in 2012, after The Hills run that made Conrad famous had ended in its main form for her.
Tell is also not the legendary Swiss folk hero William Tell. That William Tell is a figure from Swiss legend, linked to the apple-and-crossbow story. He has nothing to do with Conrad’s husband.
What Does William Tell Do Now?
Tell is an entertainment lawyer. That is his main profession today.
The old article gave several conflicting jobs for him: musician and producer, businessman and real estate developer, and actor and model. Those claims are corrected here.
His verified path is clearer: musician first, then law student, then entertainment lawyer, with a return to the stage for Something Corporate reunion shows in 2023 and 2024.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Lauren Conrad’s husband?
William Tell, a former Something Corporate guitarist and an entertainment lawyer.
When did Lauren Conrad marry William Tell?
September 13, 2014, at Sunstone Vineyards and Winery in Santa Ynez, California.
How did Lauren Conrad meet William Tell?
She first saw him perform when she was 16. They were set up on a blind date by mutual friends on Valentine’s Day in 2012.
How many children do Lauren Conrad and William Tell have?
Two sons: Liam, born in 2017, and Charlie, born in 2019.
Was Lauren Conrad married before William Tell?
No. William Tell is her husband, and there is no verified earlier marriage in the public record. The old article’s “first husband” section confused this point by repeating Tell’s name while giving wrong details about how they met and how many children they have.
Is William Tell still a musician?
Music is part of his past and, through the 2023 reunion, part of his recent public life. His main profession is law.
