Jim meets Dunder Mifflin salesperson Karen when he transfers to the Stamford branch. Karen later develops a crush on Jim. The two begin a formal relationship after Stamford and Scranton merge, but Jim's feelings for Pam make it difficult for the romance to progress. When Karen appears later in the Season 5 episode "Lecture Circuit," it is revealed that she is 8 months pregnant and happily married to a dermatologist named Dan. Status: Broken up, but presumably friends