As others have said suggested, context is very important.
The new manager seemed to fancy me, but I was married, so nothing happened. My wife still laughs about it. (I am still married)
I was married when I first met Jill, but my wife left me the following year, and we divorced soon after. (I am no longer married to that wife).
I was a police officer when we married, so my wife knew I'd have to work unsocial hours at times. She soon got used to it, and doesn't complain any more. ( I am still a police officer.)
I was a police officer for twenty years. Then I had a bad accident and was pensioned off. (I am no longer a police officer.).,