From your python script, output one variable per line. Then from you bash script, read one variable per line:
Python
print "foo bar"
print 5
Bash
#! /bin/bash
python main.py | while read line ; do
echo $line
done
Final Solution:
Thanks Guillaume! You gave me a great starting point out the soultion. I am just going to post my solution here for others.
#! /bin/bash
array=()
while read line ; do
array+=($line)
done < <(python main.py)
echo ${array[@]}
I found the rest of the solution that I needed here