Mitchell and James met in Bozeman, Montana in 2019 while attending Montana State University. Their first date included James spilling a large glass of water, and one of Mitchell's roommates filling a Ziploc bag with milk. Somehow, they decided to stay together. After his graduation in the Winter of 2019, James found a job in Grass Valley, California, and moved in the summer of 2020. Mitchell would not finish his degree until the Spring of 2021, so the two began a long-distance relationship. Even though there was a distance between them, they knew they wanted to be together forever. The couple got engaged on Christmas Eve of 2020. In May of 2021, Mitchell moved to California to finally be with James, and the two moved to Chico where they plan to be happy for many years to come.