Jamie Lynn Spears rose to fame in her sister's shadow, but Britney wasn't the only one who had a dedicated fan following. Jamie Lynn started out in the media acting on the Nickelodeon show 'Zoe 101,' but when the show came to end, a surprise came fans' way: Jamie Lynn became a teen mom.
After that, the youngest Spears sibling disappeared from the spotlight for a time. Though she had begun a singing career, her trajectory would be much different than her big sis's. For one thing, Jamie Lynn kept her little girl under wraps for a few years after Maddie was born. But she also kept making an income outside of Nickelodeon, making a life for herself and her daughter.
Still, headlines popped up every time something new happened with Jamie Lynn. She spent a few years in an off-and-on relationship with Maddie's dad, Casey Aldridge. And by 2011, a year after calling it quits with Casey, Jamie Lynn had met someone new.
The two Jamies got engaged in 2013, married in 2014, and welcomed their daughter Ivey in 2018.
Perhaps the most interesting part of Jamie Lynn and her husband's story is how they met. As Jamie Lynn explained in a previous interview, the pair met through mutual friends, and Jamie Watson had no idea who Spears was, related Us Magazine.
Jamie, a self-proclaimed "normal guy with a normal job," said he'd never heard of Britney Spears or their family, and he didn't know that his soon-to-be girlfriend had ever been on a TV show. So when a friend introduced them, she was just another girl.
In relaying the story of how they got together and wound up married, Jamie Lynn admitted "we broke up here and there," totaling their relationship to about four years pre-marriage. The two grew on each other, though, Jamie Watson says, though Jamie Lynn originally thought he was "kind of awkward and kind of weird."
Turns out, it was just because he was nervous around Jamie Lynn because he had a huge crush!
These days, the family of four is more average than Britney-level notoriety. Though the family gets together, obviously, Jamie Lynn and her husband seem to spend plenty of time hanging out at home, with their two girls entertaining the family daily.
While Jamie Lynn has plenty more to do in her career — she's been collaborating with big names like JoJo Siwa, Dixie D'Amelio, and Chantel Jeffries on 'Zoey 101' reboot action — it's clear she'll have her husband's support throughout the journey.