She was married to fellow television journalist Michael Illner (born 1962) from 1988 to 2007. She married René Obermann, at that time CEO of Deutsche Telekom, on 14 August 2010 at Schloss Ulrichshusen.Maybrit Illner und René Obermann: Seid ihr alle da? Süddeutsche Zeitung, 19 August 2010. They live in Berlin and Bonn.
