'Home Town Takeover' Stars Ben and Erin Napier on Season 2 and 'Never Being Apart' (Exclusive)

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, the hosts tell ET all about how they work together as a married couple.«We're never apart,» Erin says, with Ben adding, «We totally get that not everybody functions that way, but we do, and it's the only way we can.»Ben and Erin met when they were 21 and 19, respectively, and the latter explains, «We've formed our adult identities around each other.»«This is the only way we know how to be grownups,» Erin says, with Ben noting that he and his wife «are absolutely the same person.»«It's a well-oiled machine, absolutely,» he says of their life together. «We apply [that] to everything in our lives, our spiritual life, our parenting life, our work life, our relationship life.»After 20 million viewers tuned in to season 1 of , Ben and Erin took some time off to welcome their second daughter, Mae, who will turn 2 next month.

Erin, who also shares 5-year-old Helen with Ben, notes that «it's so wild how fast time is moving,» and says that she and her husband «are so aware of how fleeting it is.»«I was already a softie, but now Helen will be dancing to Haim in the morning… while Mae is toddling around eating a banana.

I'm a puddle,» Ben adds. «They're just so little and innocent. I’ve never been worried about getting older or mortality or anything until I had little girls.

Now I can't stop it, I can't hold onto it… It is the worst and the best.»The couple often brings their daughters to work with them, in an effort to help them understand why what they do matters.«Historic preservation matters because things matter, small towns matter,» Erin says. «This is the flavor of America and that's what we hope they'll appreciate.»The little ones are along for the ride for season 2 of , which will see Ben and Erin partner with fellow HGTV.