Peppers are perennials. They can and will continue to produce if given good growing conditions. That means enough light, nutes, and the right range of temperatures. I understand that people in some parts of Florida are able to grow outside and harvest peppers year round. I am not sure if that applies to your specific area or not. But it is also possible to get peppers to produce year round by growing indoors. It does take a good amount of artificial lighting to grow most full size, mature pepper plants to fruit indoors though. Khang Starr has some videos on how to grow peppers to fruit indoors. Here is one: