Meet the five new couples ready to tie the knot with a stranger on Married at First Sight season 11

Married at First Sight returns this summer to Lifetime on July 15 with a whole new crop of newlyweds.

The reality show pairs romantic hopefuls with complete strangers, to whom their first words will be ‘I do.’

Season 11 of the hit show will follow five couples in New Orleans, who’ll get hitched, move in together and decide after a few weeks whether they’d like to remain married or get a divorce.

Short engagement: Married at First Sight returns to Lifetime on July 15 for season 11, following five couples in New Orleans who’ll tie the knot the first time they meet

Miles, 26, is an education worker from South Carolina with a love of children who’s hoping to share his passions with his wife.

He’s walking down the aisle with Karen, 30, a consultant who’s been single for five years. 

Bennett, 28, is a Jersey boy and artistic director of a theater company with a history of bad relationships. 

He’ll tie the knot with Virginia native Amelia, 27, who has recently finished her medical residency and believes she can learn to love someone.

Must love kids: Miles, 26, is an education worker from South Carolina with a love of children who's hoping to share his passions with Karen, 30, a consultant who's been single for five years

Must love kids: Miles, 26, is an education worker from South Carolina with a love of children who’s hoping to share his passions with Karen, 30, a consultant who’s been single for five years

Learning to love: Bennett, 28, is a Jersey boy and artistic director of a theater company with a history of bad relationships, tying the knot with Virginia native Amelia, 27, who has recently finished her medical residency and believes she can learn to love someone

Learning to love: Bennett, 28, is a Jersey boy and artistic director of a theater company with a history of bad relationships, tying the knot with Virginia native Amelia, 27, who has recently finished her medical residency and believes she can learn to love someone

Work/life balance: Olivia, 30, moved to New Orleans to work at a comprehensive stroke center, and she's prioritized her career over her personal life for too long. She's getting married to Brett, 35, a Louisiana native with a successful IT career who's ready for marriage

Work/life balance: Olivia, 30, moved to New Orleans to work at a comprehensive stroke center, and she’s prioritized her career over her personal life for too long. She’s getting married to Brett, 35, a Louisiana native with a successful IT career who’s ready for marriage

World travelers: Woody, 30, is a teacher and a coach, who was born and raised in New Orleans and wants to share his love and kindness with Amani, 29, a Carolina girl wants to work with children and travel the world before starting a family of her own

World travelers: Woody, 30, is a teacher and a coach, who was born and raised in New Orleans and wants to share his love and kindness with Amani, 29, a Carolina girl wants to work with children and travel the world before starting a family of her own

Finding the one: Henry, 35, is a clinical recruiter that has been through multiple failed attempts at finding the one, which he'll hopefully find in Christina, 30, a flight attendant who's been reluctant to date after the end of a five-year relationship

Finding the one: Henry, 35, is a clinical recruiter that has been through multiple failed attempts at finding the one, which he’ll hopefully find in Christina, 30, a flight attendant who’s been reluctant to date after the end of a five-year relationship

Olivia, 30, moved to New Orleans to work at a comprehensive stroke center, and she’s prioritized her career over her personal life for too long.

She’s getting married to Brett, 35, a Louisiana native with a successful IT career who’s ready for marriage.

Woody, 30, is a teacher and a coach, who was born and raised in New Orleans and wants someone to share his love and kindness with.

He’s paired with Amani, 29, a Carolina girl wants to work with children and travel the world before starting a family of her own.

Henry, 35, is a clinical recruiter that has been through multiple failed attempts at finding the one.

Relationship experts: The couples will be guided through their unions by sociologist Dr. Pepper Schwartz, pastor and marriage counselor Calvin Roberson and relationship expert Dr. Viviana Coles

Relationship experts: The couples will be guided through their unions by sociologist Dr. Pepper Schwartz, pastor and marriage counselor Calvin Roberson and relationship expert Dr. Viviana Coles

Perfect match: The 17-episode season will kick off after the Matchmaking Special, which airs July 8, showing the experts deciding who to pair up

Perfect match: The 17-episode season will kick off after the Matchmaking Special, which airs July 8, showing the experts deciding who to pair up

Fan favorites: It will be followed by the two-hour Kickoff Special, featuring a panel of experts discussing the new couples, as well as interviews with fan-favorite couples of seasons past

Fan favorites: It will be followed by the two-hour Kickoff Special, featuring a panel of experts discussing the new couples, as well as interviews with fan-favorite couples of seasons past

He’ll hopefully find that in Christina, 30, a flight attendant who’s been reluctant to date after the end of a five-year relationship.

The couples will be guided through their unions by sociologist Dr. Pepper Schwartz, pastor and marriage counselor Calvin Roberson and relationship expert Dr. Viviana Coles.

The 17-episode season will kick off after the Matchmaking Special, which airs July 8, showing the experts deciding who to pair up.

It will be followed by the two-hour Kickoff Special, featuring a panel of experts discussing the new couples, as well as interviews with fan-favorite couples of seasons past.

Lifetime will also air new episodes this summer of Married at First Sight: Couples Cam, the remote spin-off featuring fan faves as they quarantine amid COVID-19.

Quarantine life: Lifetime will also air new episodes this summer of Married at First Sight: Couples Cam, the remote spin-off featuring fan faves as they quarantine amid COVID-19

Quarantine life: Lifetime will also air new episodes this summer of Married at First Sight: Couples Cam, the remote spin-off featuring fan faves as they quarantine amid COVID-19