After Unstoppable High Kick, Hye-mi took a long break from acting to complete her studies.

Hye-mi was model for various Television advertisement such as Samsung notebooks M, Kia Morning, Acuvue, KB card... as well as magazines like ELLE Girl, Ceci, Vogue, bnt and Cosmopolitan.

While filming for My Only One, Hye-mi was cast in another KBS daily drama Home for Summer which premiered on April 29, 2019.

In late February 2017, dating speculation surfaced again that the couple had been maintaining their relationship after the news first broke in 2014.

The couple got married on July 1, 2017 at Youngnak Church in Jung District, Seoul, South Korea.