Caroline Stanbury: Marriage Thrives on Hot Chemistry!

has lifted the lid on the X-rated secret to her successful marriage to toyboy husband Sergio Carrallo.

The Real Housewives of star, 50, has said that the libido of her former Real Madrid player spouse, 31, 'is on another level'.

The couple opened up to therapist Marisa Peer on her Your Mind, Your Rules podcast this week and spoke about their romance. 

Caroline said: 'Obviously at the beginning, you're like bunnies and you know, he's 20 years younger, so his libido is on another level to mine.

'And that's how we also really connect with one another. So that's how, if we argue, how we make up… it's a really big thing for Sergio and I.'

Sergio agreed: 'We try to make time for it because it's very easy to go through life and just kind of forget about, you know, the sexual chemistry.'

But Caroline did admit that the recent turmoil in the Middle East, not to mention being mum to three teenagers, isn't always conducive to marital intimacy.

The Bravo TV star shares sons Zack and Aaron, 16, and Yasmine, 20, with ex-husband Cem Habib.

'In the middle of this [war] with the three kids here, this is not the most fun time,' she said.

But Sergio admitted that he puts intimacy first to make sure their sexual chemistry doesn't fizzle out. 

He said: 'It's a rule for me I always put into myself to make sure I push or I make an effort to create that space, because a lot of husbands, they don't do it and you lose that chemistry.'

The pair, who have been married for four years, often documenting their lives on social media, admit that they still spend all their time together.

Sergio said: 'I believe when you get distance from each other and you do things, you know, like on a daily basis that it doesn't involve the other partner, you get used to it. And I think that's the beginning of an end.'

It comes as  has been open about fighting ageing with and Ozempic in recent times.

So it was no surprise to see the Real Housewives of star looking trim and terrific on her 50th birthday last month. 

In a social media post to mark the milestone, she stripped down to a skimpy yellow bikini that left little to the imagination.