Jennifer Lopez gave her followers an intimate look inside her lavish second wedding ceremony to husband Ben Affleck on her “On The JLo” publication on Thursday.

The pop star, 53, shared she walked down the aisle to Marc Cohn’s “True Companion,” which she and Affleck, 50, thought made the “good wedding ceremony love music” once they had been first engaged greater than 20 years in the past.

“Although Ben didn’t know, I requested Marc to shock him by singing it at our wedding ceremony and he was beautiful and beneficiant to return,” Lopez shared.

The “Ready for Tonight” singer additionally shared that their respective youngsters from their earlier marriages walked down the aisle to “The Issues We’ve Handed Down.”

“The twenty years between these desires of youth and the grownup world of affection and household we embraced that day, introduced extra to this marriage than both of us ever might have imagined,” Lopez stated of the endearing second.

“We weren’t solely marrying each other; we had been marrying these kids into a brand new household. They had been the one folks we requested to face up for us in our wedding ceremony occasion. To our nice honor and pleasure, each did.”

Nevertheless, not all the weekend went off with no hitch. Lopez shared that “all of us” caught a abdomen bug within the days main as much as the nuptials.

Nonetheless, she mirrored, “The reality is, I by no means had one doubt. All week I felt the calm and simple certainty that we had been in God’s palms…”

Festivities across the beautiful wedding ceremony unfolded over three days, with the ceremony kicking off Saturday on Affleck’s sprawling plantation-style property in rural Georgia.

Lopez wore three completely different Ralph Lauren clothes for the event, the primary of which was a dramatic short-sleeve look that includes greater than 1,000 handkerchiefs and 500 meters of material reduce into ruffles and hooked up by hand across the skirt and turtleneck collar.

The pair despatched company dwelling with custom-made tote baggage emblazoned with “JB.” Lopez and Affleck added a private contact to every bag by adorning the straps with a reputation tag for each visitor who attended the southern soirée.

Moreover, the rekindled lovers additionally gave attendees staying at a close-by resort {custom} chocolate packing containers. Affleck’s brother, Casey, sadly didn’t obtain any parting treasures, as he skipped the extremely anticipated wedding ceremony.

After the marriage, Lopez wrote in her publication that she, Affleck and her family members celebrated with a “yummy brunch by the lake,” and he or she designed the décor for it herself.

“I needed every day to have its personal character however match the setting we had been in for the weekend: the vibes had been down-home, rustic country-chic,” the “Wedding ceremony Planner” star shared.

Affleck and JLo’s storied romantic historical past started within the early aughts, when the 2 met in 2002 as co-stars on the set of the 2003 thriller-slash-romcom flick “Gigli.”

By summertime, Lopez had filed for divorce from then-husband Chris Judd — a rapid-fire flip of occasions that conveniently freed up her left hand for the six-carat pink diamond ring with which Affleck proposed to her not lengthy after.

Whereas the then-engaged couple initially deliberate to get married in 2003, they elected to postpone their wedding ceremony because of “extreme media consideration.” However, alas, aughts-era Bennifer by no means make it to the altar, as the 2 publicly introduced their breakup in January 2004.

Shortly thereafter, the 2 moved on from one another and married different folks. Lopez wed Marc Anthony in 2004, whereas Affleck stated “I do” to Jennifer Garner in 2005.

Lopez and Anthony then welcomed twins Emme and Maximilian in 2008. In the meantime, Garner and Affleck had three youngsters of their very own, Violet, Seraphina and Samuel.

Lopez and Affleck’s marriages in the end resulted in divorce, in 2014 and 2015, respectively. The 2 subsequently cycled by various relationships over time, with Lopez most notably ending her engagement to Alex Rodriguez in March 2021.

Not lengthy after, sources instructed Web page Six that the second coming of Bennifer might be within the making, with Affleck seen coming and going from Lopez’s dwelling on a number of events.

By April 2022, the 2 had turn into engaged as soon as once more – and J.Lo subsequently gushed about Affleck’s expertly executed proposal in a video despatched through her publication.

“He palms me a hoop and he says it’s a inexperienced diamond. [Green is] my favourite shade, it’s additionally my fortunate shade,” she gushed. “Clearly it’ll be my fortunate shade ceaselessly now. It means a lot when any individual thinks about you and loves you and sees you.”

Lopez additionally stated that the proposal was “simply essentially the most good” second, telling followers, “I really feel so fortunate. It’s not typically you get a second likelihood at real love.”

In July, the pair spontaneously elected to tie the knot in Las Vegas on the Little White Chapel, which is legendary for attracting lovers looking for to elope. They then launched into a picture-perfect Paris honeymoon the place additionally they celebrated Lopez’s 53rd birthday.

The minister who oversaw the enduring couple’s Las Vegas nuptials, Ryan Wolfe, instructed Web page Six in an unique interview that, as he’s officiating upwards of 10,000 weddings, he’s developed a “really feel” for which newlyweds will find yourself sticking collectively for all times.

“Their vows had been lovely, they had been particular. And I do know they had been essential to them,” Wolfe instructed us following the nuptials. “You could possibly inform it was one thing between them that they needed to share with one another. It was a extremely particular, emotional ceremony and second that they shared.”

In Thursday’s publication, Lopez mirrored on the lengthy journey that it took for her and Affleck to rekindle their love.

“The reality is everybody’s story is completely different and all of us have our paths to journey,” the “Selena” star wrote. “No two persons are the identical. However for us, this was good timing.”

Lopez stated “nothing ever felt extra proper” to her than realizing she and Affleck had been “settling down” in a “method you’ll be able to solely do if you perceive loss and pleasure and you’re battle examined sufficient to by no means take the vital issues as a right or let the foolish insignificant nuisances of the day get in the way in which of embracing each valuable second.”

She concluded, “We discover ourselves in that long-desired time of life: having gratitude for all that life has proven us, even its trials and tribulations. That evening actually was heaven…”