We all knew it was coming, it's been rumoured for months (even years) - Brian Littrell and long time, highly public, girlfriend Leighanne Wallace were now officially engaged to be married. Their wedding took place in September of 2000 in Atlanta, Georgia.

In an interview with MTV shortly after Valentine's Day 2000, Brian is quoted as announcing his engagement and saying the following: "There's a right time for everything, I guess," Brian told MTV News of why he's planning a trip to the altar. "It's kind of like the jumpstart on getting on with life, so I'm looking forward to it."

Leighanne is an actress and a model who has been in the Backstreet Boys music videos for "As Long As You Love Me", where she played "Donna", and the US video for "I'll Never Break Your Heart (Version 2)", where she was Brian's girlfriend in the top floor apartment.

Leighanne has the starring role in the independent film "Olive Juice" which was filmed in Orlando, Florida and will include cameo appearances by Brian and AJ. Brian wrote and performs the movies theme song "Olive Juice" and has lent "The Perfect Fan" to the film's soundtrack which he and Leighanne produced and may release through their company. Visit The Official Olive Juice web site at www.olive-juice.com for plot and release information, as well as lots of production photos of Leighanne and other cast members.

Side Note: Leighanne took Lil Tyke to the audition for Olive Juice and he was so cute that the producers decided to give him the "dog" part in the movie.

Some of Leighanne's other high profile work has included:

Film - "Wild America" - starring Jonathan Taylor Thomas and Devon Sawa. Leighanne plays "Tana", one of the college girls who are the objects of the boys attention.
Film - "My Fellow Americans" - starring Jack Lemmon and James Garner. Leighanne is a nameless character, her only scene is a sex scene with the character of "Carl" near the end of the movie.
TV - "Silk Stalkings" - Episode "Escorting Disaster", Leighanne plays a call girl named Divine Farr who is unfortunatly killed (sorry to ruin the plot for you).
Commercial - Mercedes Benz Commercial with Jerry Seinfeld
Leighanne has also appeared in a few other commercials, music videos as well as several magazine photo spreads.
Olive Juice is Leighanne's first leading role.

Leighanne was born July 20, 1969 in Marietta, Georgia and she and Brian recently bought a house in the Atlanta area.

On behalf of Beyond Backstreet and all the Backstreet Boys fans around the world, I'd like to wish Brian and Leighanne congratulations on their wedding and all the best in their future together.