Backstreet Boy's Nick Carter ties knot with girlfriend Lauren Kitt after saying he would never wed

MILLIONS of middle-aged hearts around the world are breaking with the news that Backstreet Boy Nick Carter has tied the knot.

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MILLIONS of middle-aged hearts around the world are breaking with the news that Backstreet Boy Nick Carter tied the knot to girlfriend, Lauren Kitt, over the weekend.

Given his own troubled family history, it’s not surprising that Carter was wary of walking down the aisle.

“I said I'd never get married,” Carter told People magazine last year, “but then I thought go big or go home.”

The couple, who got engaged last February, were surrounded by family and friends (although Carter’s brother, Aaron, gave the festivities a big miss).

Carter's bandmate AJ McLean posted on Instagram that he was heading to “the wedding that most of u thought would never happen, but I'm so happy it is finally!”

Carter said he credited bandmate Howie Dorough with encouraging him to propose to Kitt.

“I asked Howie [for advice]. I was like, 'I love her, and I don't want to lose her,’” Carter told People. “And he was like, 'Just do it!' "

Last week, Kitt posted a photo on Instagram of her and her father, saying, “Next Saturday the first man I ever loved with give me away to the love of my life. I love you Dad.”