While Sara was starring in the television series Roseanne, she fell in love with her co star, Johnny Galecki. Johnny Galecki is also an actor. While she was having romantic love affairs with him, she found out that she is lesbian.
With the start of 2000s, Sara began dating Allison Adler. Allison Adler is a television producer and a writer. Adler gave birth to their first child at the end of 2004. In August 2007, she also gave birth to a daughter, Sawyer Jane. In 2010, she revealed that she is lesbian and she finally got separated with Adler in August 2011. They got separated in a friendly manner.
Few months later, Sara was seen with Linda Perry. Linda Perry is a singer and songwriter. They got engaged with the start of 2013 and they finally got married on 30th of March 2014.
Sara's sister Melissa Gilbert is also an actress. She was an inspiration towards her. When Melissa was inducted into the Hollywood Walk of Fame, she induced an interest to be an actress in the future. She then began appearing in several commercial and TV movies. Her debut acting role was in the TV movie, Calamity Jane where she played the role of Jean. Her breakthrough role came in 1988 after she began starring the role of Darlene Conner-Healy in the television series, Roseanne. She is also known for her role in the movie, Laws of Attraction. Her net worth is said to be around $6 million dollars.