. >> i want to congratulate jeff rohr, former cowboys linebacker. >> reporter: former dallas cowboysebacker, jeff rohr doing something no other former or current nfl player had done. >> of all the things i've done in my life, this is the most courageous thing i've ever done as a human being. >> reporter: coming out and marrying his boyfriend joshua ross. >> you're walking into the rest of your life. >> everybody's bawling. >> reporter: it's not his first marriage. he was married to heather for 17 years. >> it was a different type of love. so it's more genuine and real to love a man for jeffrey. >> reporter: the former husband and wife redefining what it means to be a family, with heather and their kids living on the same property with jeff and joshua. >> we are a living example of a modern family. we got two teenagers, and joshua and i and my ex-wife living on the same property, not in the same house. >> we're going to be in each other's lives forever because of our children. >> reporter: jeff says he was terrified about living openly as a gay man. >> i didn't want to hurt the cowboy