Britney Spears and Kevin Federline: The Way They Were

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Britney Spears and Kevin Federline: The Way They Were

Alexa, play “Chaotic” by Britney Spears? It’s been 15 years since the pop princess filed to end her marriage to Kevin Federline on November 7, 2006. The “Toxic” songstress met Federline in 2004 — the same year she was briefly married to childhood friend Jason Alexander for 55 hours. “I met her at a club in Hollywood, Joseph’s. Our eyes met and that was it. We just hit it off right away,” the dancer recalled in 2008. “I was madly in love with her. Everything just seemed so right. I didn’t see it as too fast or too slow.” Spears began documenting her romance with Federline via a handheld camera, later selling the footage to UPN. Britney and Kevin: Chaotic, which aired five episodes in 2005, included their surprise September 2004 nuptials. (Their union became legal on October 6, 2004, when they obtained their marriage license.) “I think my mom was dumbfounded,” the singer admitted on the reality show, referring to mom Lynne. “She couldn’t believe what was going on, and when she realized it, she was so cute. She didn’t know what to say.” Spears added, “It wasn’t the big, traditional wedding. It was cool and it was nice and special and small, and I liked it a lot.” [jwplayer 9EpVZ6Ge-zhNYySv2] The twosome didn’t waste much time starting a family, confirming the Grammy winner’s pregnancy in April 2005. “A lot of people think you should wait till you're older to have kids. I've had a career since I was 16, have traveled around the world and back, and even kissed Madonna!” Spears wrote on her website shortly after her nuptials. “The only thing I haven't done is experience the closest thing to God, and that's having a baby. I can't wait!" Spears gave birth to son Sean Preston in September 2005. "We are ecstatic to announce the birth of our son," the pair said at the time. "Everyone is happy, healthy and doing wonderful. Thank you all for your love and well wishes!" Less than one year later, she announced that she was pregnant again. "Don't worry Dave, it's not yours," Spears joked on the Late Show with David Letterman in May 2006. The pair welcomed son Jayden Federline in September 2006. Two months later, it was over for Spears and Federline, citing irreconcilable differences. They finalized their divorce in July 2007. Scroll through for a closer look at Spears and Federline’s former romance:

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Their Meet Cute

Spears compared meeting Federline at the club to being pulled by a magnet. After spending the week together, she brought him on her European tour.

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Thought She Found The One

“It was really beautiful and romantic and special between us,” Spears told People magazine in June 2004 after confirming their engagement, referring to Federline as her “prince” after kissing “a bunch of frogs.” She explained: “My other loves were like puppy love. They were like practice for the real thing. This is just deeper.”

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Saying Yes

When Spears proposed to Federline, he said no because he wanted to be the one to pop the question properly. “It wasn’t like a ‘Will you marry me?’ It wasn’t that straightforward,” Federline recalled at the time. “The way she said it was kind of beating around the bush. Still, I was taken by surprise. I thought the guy was supposed to ask the girl. So a couple of minutes went by and then I asked her. I wasn’t really thinking about asking her right away, but I did without reservation. I’d known for a while that she’s The One.”

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Wanting a Simple Life

“I thought I would never say this, but I love not working so much!" Spears wrote on her website after marrying the rapper. "To be a really good mom, I feel your child needs to be your full-time job. I want to raise my kids and share all of those precious moments with them, and not rely on nannies."

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Inside Their Marriage

“I think we both have the sense of wanting to serve the other person. He has that for me, and I have that for him,” Spears said during a joint interview with her then-spouse in August for Interview magazine.

He added at the time, “In our relationship we’re equal. … Even though she’s a goddess, now she’s my goddess.”

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How They Fought

“We’re opposites attract,” Federline said days before Spears filed for divorce in November 2006. “If she gets mad and she yells at me, it just turns me on more, ya know?”

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Looking Back

"I think I married for all the wrong reasons," Spears admitted in a 2008 MTV documentary. "Instead of following my heart and, like, doing something that made me really happy. I just did it because … for just, like, the idea of everything."