Brian and Leighanne Littrell marked 20 years of marriage on September 2, 2020. They met in 1997 while Leighanne appeared in a Backstreet Boys music video, married in Atlanta in 2000, and told Entertainment Tonight that teamwork, communication, and growing together mattered to them.
How Brian and Leighanne Littrell met
The couple met in 1997 during the filming of the Backstreet Boys’ “As Long as You Love Me” music video, in which Leighanne appeared. Brian recalled their meeting in a 2020 interview with Entertainment Tonight. ABC News also reported in its September 2000 wedding coverage that they met in Los Angeles in 1997 while Leighanne was appearing in the video.
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From meeting to their 20th anniversary
- 1997: They met while Leighanne appeared in the Backstreet Boys’ “As Long as You Love Me” video.
- September 2000: Brian and Leighanne married at Peachtree Christian Church in Atlanta, according to ABC News.
- 2010: They renewed their vows. In its 2020 interview, Entertainment Tonight revisited footage from the renewal with the couple and their son, Baylee, who recalled being sent to bed during the celebration.
- September 2, 2020: They celebrated 20 years of marriage. Entertainment Tonight published its interview with the couple on September 15, 2020.
What they said about making a marriage work
In the anniversary interview, Brian described marriage as a shared effort. “You have to be a team. You have to access things in life as a team, it can’t be a one-sided thing,” he said. He also recalled advice from the pastor who married them: “He said marriage is not 50/50, it’s 100 and 100, which, I really like that.” These were his reflections on their relationship, not a formula offered as universal guidance.
Leighanne focused on growing together and communicating. “So if you stay together — which we always have and try to grow together — I think that is huge,” she said. She added, “It’s just communication,” and said it came back to being real with one another. Her comments, like Brian’s, describe how she viewed their marriage at the time of the interview.
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Baylee’s place in the anniversary story
The 2020 interview included the couple’s son, Baylee, and revisited the family’s memories of the 2010 vow renewal. In 2023, the official Backstreet Boys website described Baylee growing up around the group and discussed his own music career in connection with the series Family Legacy.
Independent reader supportYour contribution helps us test, update, and keep practical guides available for everyone.What the anniversary coverage establishes
The reporting documents the couple’s 20th anniversary in 2020, their account of meeting, and their wedding and vow renewal milestones. It does not establish their present-day relationship status.
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