Massive colour difference LR and Photoshop?

Hi all,
I'm in a bit of a difficult one here and really need some help ASAP.
My LR and PS used to display the same colours - I regularly use X-Rite to calibrate both my Samsung BX2450s and whilst not perfect, they've always looked pretty close to one another and to the printed versions of my work.
But in the past few days something odd has happenned and I cannot figure why.
Have a look at the same image being displayed on the same monitor - one in Lightroom and one in PS.
I have just printed this off for a client and was horrified when the image came back looking like the Photoshop version! Much darker and less contrasty.
Does anyone have an idea why this is happenning? I exported the image from LR to PS by hitting 'edit image' and selected 'edit original image' which is an 8-bit TIFF
This has never happened before and I'm in urgent need of assistance as the file needs to be printed and delivered by Friday!!!
Many thanks in advance everyone
Cheers

This procedure is different from your original posting, because now you are saying, "Edit a copy in PS CS5.0 with LR adjustments." So now I understand your editing process, but still confused as to the image(s) you are comparing showing the difference. In a previous post you say:
The image in LR (original) has been modified in LR and then edited in PS and saved as a TIFF (copy).
That finished TIFF (copy) is what you see in LR.
To show the colour difference, I sent the original (edited TIFF) to PS and took the grab to show the difference.
The bolded sentence is still confusing me! Why are you comparing the "original" TIFF edited in LR only, with the PS saved "copy" that has been edited in LR and PS! Why would you expect them to look the same?
I sent the image from LR to my printers and it came out the way it looks in PS.
Are you using the TIFF "copy" with both the "original" LR processing and PS processing applied "destructively," with no subsequent LR processing? If you apply any additional LR settings to the TIFF "copy" you must export the image again and create a TIFF file copy #2.
Again, it would be helpful if you tell us what specific processing steps you are applying to the image in LR, and the subsequent processing steps you are applying to the image in PS. Also, what is the source for these TIFF files (i.e. scanner image files, other), what color profile is assigned to the original file, and what color profile is assigned to the file copy? Maybe this would better help us determine the cause and correction.

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