Life As We Know It is a comedy-drama starring Katherine Heigl and Josh Duhamel. Their characters Holly and Messer become the joint guardians of their best friends' baby Sophie when the couple unfortunately passes away in a car accident.
When Holly and Messer discover their best friends have passed and left their child Sophie under their custody, they have to adjust their lives drastically. Through a series of twists and turns, Holly and Messer make some serious adjustments to their lives in order to learn how to be parents to Sophie. Though neither character is familiar with babies, they learn how to raise her to the best of their ability. More often than not, Holly and Messer struggle working together. Dealing with monetary expenses, relationship struggles, mutual attraction, and the challenges of raising a child prove to test both characters far more than they imagined.