While the world watched Britney Spears' little sister grow up on the Nickelodeon show "Zoey 101," television fans can now catch Jamie Lynn Spears portraying Noreen Fitzgibbons on "Sweet Magnolias." Spears may play Bill Townsend's fiance on the hit Netflix show, but offscreen she's married to businessman Jamie Watson.
Spears and Watson, who were introduced by friends, dated on and off for five years. However, the two didn't click during their first meeting. "I think we grew on each other, which is probably why we are still together," the "Sweet Magnolias" cast member said during her TLC special "Jamie Lynn Spears: When the Lights Go Out" (via Us Weekly). "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."
Despite the "awkward" encounters, Spears and Watson grew closer and eventually married in 2014. The couple celebrated their seventh wedding anniversary in 2021, which Spears commemorated on Instagram. "Even if we decided to get divorced tomorrow, 7 years is a pretty decent amount of time, so like ... Good for us," the mother-of-two joked in an Instagram Story (via People).
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