Mariah Carey Connection

Singer Mariah Carey has confirmed she secretly tied the knot with Nick Cannon - by giving her wedding photos to People magazine.

Photos from the couple’s secret wedding on the beach in the Bahamas are on the front cover of the US magazine.

Inside Mariah says the couple are ’soul mates’ who knew they were in love the moment they met six weeks ago Following their sunset ceremony at the pop star’s Bahamian estate on April 30, Mariah said: “We really do feel we are soulmates.

“I never felt a love like this was in the cards for me!

“It’s comforting and something I’ve never felt before. Which is really being in love and happy with someone who really understands me and isn’t trying to do anything but make me happy. It’s wonderful.

“I don’t think anyone realised what we already knew - that we were going to get married.

“People were very skeptical and told him: ‘You can never get past her people’. I only knew that he’d say nice things about me. “I told people: ‘I like him and want him to do it (her music video)’.

“The song was a love story. It was perfect for us.

“Only about four people knew we were going down there to get married .

“Once we were there they gave me a bachelorette party. Everyone calls me Mary Poppins.

“No matter how provocatively I might dress, I’m very prudish. So they did everything they could to shock me.

“They had a grab bag full of silly things they think a bachelorette wants. They were so happy they got to embarrass me.”

Fellow singer and actor Nick also told People magazine how happy the couple are since falling in love on the set of Mariah’s music video for the single Bye Bye six weeks ago.

Nick, 27, added: “She is beautiful on the outside and 10 times as beautiful on the inside.

“It feels amazing. My cheeks hurt from smiling so hard. I’ve been smiling for days.

“In our minds it was a love at first sight thing. Since we’ve been together we’ve been inseparable.

“I’d always admired Mariah from afar but once we connected I felt it was destined. This has to be my wife.

“From the first time we sat down to discuss the video at the Beverly Hills Hotel we connected.

“We had so much in common spiritually and we laugh at the same things.

“I didn’t have to put on my Mac Daddy suave mode. I was able to be myself with her. We are both eternally 12 years-old.

The couple also had matching tattoos to celebrate their love for each other.

Mariah told People magazine: “One thing few people knew was we got tattoos a few weeks earlier.

“So anyone who saw my Mrs Cannon tattoo wasn’t surprised.”

And Nick added: “To me the rings are special and exciting but the tattoos mean more than anything.

“They’re forever and ever. They professed our love.”

Asked how the ceremony was Mariah told People: “We got married at sunset on the beach.

“We were trying to get the really golden light. It was late - of course I was late, it’s just in my DNA!

“We had a white carpet on the sand that went to the water’s edge.

“My pastor Clarence Keaton flew in from New York. The whole wedding was really beautiful and sweet.

“Being there with loved ones under the sky, it was a spiritual moment.

“When I was walking down the aisle I was thinking: ‘My veil is blowing all over the place!!’

“It was really windy. I was nervous. We didn’t know if they would make us speak.

“With the sun setting on the turquoise water, we kissed.

“He carried me into the water.”

And Nick added: “We had our passionate wedding kiss. The I swooped her off her feet.”

And asked of the couple are already thinking of having kids, Nick said: “Absolutely.”

Mariah revealed: “Yes. It’s part of the whole purpose of getting married.

“I just want our children to have the best childhood and upbringing they possibly could.”

Source: Yahoo!Xtra Entertainment