Actress Jamie Lynn Spears rose to fame in the mid-2000s thanks to her sister Britney Spears. In 2005, she got cast as the lead character on the Nickelodeon teen sitcom Zoey 101. However, three years later Jamie Lynn Spears gave birth to her first child after which she went on a five-year hiatus.
Today, we're taking a closer look at Jamie Lynn Spears's private life. The actress currently doesn't have a great relationship with her sister Britney Spears, but she does seem to be happily married. Keep on scrolling to find out whether Jamie Lynn Spears ended up tying the knot with her first child's father!
Jamie Lynn Spears Got Pregnant At The Age Of 16
In December 2007 Jamie Lynn Spears announced that she was pregnant by her boyfriend Casey Aldridge. At the time, the young actress was 16 years old. Her boyfriend — whom she had been dating for two years — was 18 at the time. In March 2008, Jamie Lynn Spears announced her engagement to Casey Aldridge, and in May 2008 the two moved to Liberty, Mississippi where they planned to raise their child.
Jamie Lynn revealed that when her family and team learned of her pregnancy, everyone decided to hide it. "There was a whole lot of fighting going on between everyone involved. The entire Spears team was already caught up in my sister's PR difficulties, and everyone around me just wanted to make this 'issue' disappear," Jamie Lynn revealed in her memoir Things I Should Have Said. "My family and management pulled me out of school until they could figure out what to do next. They took my smartphone away, fearing the news would get out, and insisted that no one share any information with anyone, especially the press."
On June 19, 2008, Jamie Lynn Spears gave birth to their daughter Maddie Briann Aldridge. Unfortunately, in March 2009, Spears and Aldridge ended their engagement. In August 2010 they rekindled their romance only to break up again four months later. At the time, a source for People Magazine revealed: "She did a lot of growing up, but he didn't. I think she put up with more than she cared to put up with. She just got enough of it and was tired of the situation."
This year, Jamie Lynn Spears published her book Things I Should Have Said, in which she also mentioned her ex Casey Aldridge. Aldridge's sister Ashley Aldridge Havard revealed that some things Jamie Lynn mentioned in her memoir aren't true. "He’s never, ever been called Casper. That’s not a nickname. As soon as we saw that, we were like 'Where did that come from?' Literally," she said. "But I personally think that it was a dig on Casey. Like, I think that she’s calling him Casper, she’s saying like, he’s a ghost to them. That’s just my theory. But just knowing Jamie Lynn, and how her mind is, I think that’s why she did that."
Aldridge's sister also revealed that Jamie and Casey's relationship was everything but perfect: "She physically abused Casey on several different occasions. She was very rageful. She would get angry any time she didn’t get her way. … She hit him with a lamp one time, she got mad at him at Britney’s condo in Destin, and she hit him with his belt several times. …I don’t think it was anything huge, just regular fights… it just turns dark very fast."
Who Is Jamie Lynn Spears Married To?
Today, the actress — who is worth $6 million — is married to businessman Jamie Watson. Watson owns communications service Advanced Media Partners, and after two years of dating the two announced their engagement in March 2013. A year later the couple married in New Orleans. In April 2018, Jamie Lynn Spears gave birth to her second daughter, Ivey Joan Watson.
In a 2016 TLC special titled Jamie Lynn Spears: When the Lights Go Out, Jamie Watson revealed that he didn't know who Jamie Lynn Spears was when they met: "I'm just a normal guy with a normal job. I did not know about the family. I didn’t know she had a TV show. I didn’t know anything about her." In the same special, Jamie Lynn Spears revealed that it took her a bit longer to fall in love with her husband: "I think we grew on each other, which is probably why we are still together. He was always uncomfortable. … looking back though, I think it’s kind of sweet because he was acting that way because obviously he liked me."