Michael "Sonny" Corinthos, Jr. and Caroline Leigh "Carly" Benson are fictional characters of the long running ABC daytime soap opera, General Hospital and also a supercouple.

[1][2][3] Sonny is the most powerful mobster in Port Charles, New York and Carly is the daughter of one of the show's popular characters, Bobbie Spencer, and the niece of soap opera supercouple, Luke and Laura.

Together, the couple share seven children; Michael, Dante, Josslyn, Kristina, Avery, Morgan and Donna.

On May 22, 2000 during an argument with A.J., Carly ends up falling down the stairs at the Quartermaine Mansion and suffers a miscarriage.

After the chaos begins to settle, Carly and Sonny admit that they were truly in love and renew their vows on February 21, 2001 in Martinique.

In the summer of 2001, after a bomb is delivered to their penthouse, Carly teams up with federal agents to get Sonny into the witness protection program, hoping to save him.

Carly also finds trouble after she is drugged one of Sonny's enemies, Faith Rosco and ends up in the bed with her business partner, Ric Lansing (Rick Hearst).

While preparing for the birth of their child, Sonny and Carly would also stand in as witnesses for Jason and Courtney's wedding.

But the wedding is put on hold after Carly is kidnapped and Sonny must work with federal agents to save her.

Carly was being held captive by Ric who had planned to steal her baby and give it to his wife, Elizabeth (Rebecca Herbst).

By the time Sonny and Jason get to Ric's home, Carly has been taken hostage by Lorenzo Alcazar (Ted King), the twin brother of the late Luis.

But Lorenzo became obsessed with Carly and plotted to get her for himself by hiring a prostitute who resembled Sonny's late wife Lily.

Believing she is being hurt, Sonny puts a bullet through Alcazar and accidentally shoots Carly in the head and must deliver their son, Morgan.

Sonny attempted to shoot Alcazar and left town with Sam McCall (Kelly Monaco).

Sonny explained his situation to Sam who told him not to give up Carly and their children so easily.

Detective Reese Marshall (Kari Wuhrer), the woman assigned to the Corinthos case would stay in town under the orders of John Durant (Corbin Bernsen) who turned out to be Carly's biological father.

Sonny briefly enters into a relationship with Jason's sister Emily Quartermaine (Natalia Livingston), who is upset that her husband Nikolas Cassadine (Tyler Christopher) has become involved with Sonny's sister Courtney Matthews (Alicia Leigh Willis).

Fearing for Emily's safety, Sonny stages a kiss with Carly, who has in turn asserted her independence and is starting a business relationship with Jasper Jacks (Ingo Rademacher).

Preying on this, Sonny is caught in a legal dilemma when Carly witnesses him shoot Lorenzo Alcazar (Ted King) in self-defense, and forces her to marry him temporarily on January 16, 2007.

While attending a party at the hotel she owns with Jax, Carly and several other Port Charles residents are taken hostage by the mysterious Jerry Jacks.

Throughout the years, Carly and Sonny have gone through many trials and tribulations, including the shooting and coma of their son, Michael Corinthos.