How Justin Timberlake Knew Jessica Biel Was Gonna Be His Forever

So when a mutual friend offered to bring the Emmy nominee, 44, to the opening night of his FutureSex/LoveSounds tour in San Diego on Jan. 8, 2007, “I said, ‘I could be into that,'” the 45-year-old reflected. “Patience may not be my strong suit but, apparently, playing coy is.” 

His long game in full effect, he offered Biel and her pals a ride back to L.A. on his tour bus and after they spent the whole ride deep in conversation, he asked for her number. 

Still, he shared, “We didn’t date at first. For about two weeks, we talked on the phone, because I was on tour.”

Even once they had that talk, each continued playing the field as “it took a bit for both of us to admit to ourselves that were were really, really that into each other,” Timberlake revealed. But he couldn’t stop the feeling that they had something worth committing to.

When his 121-show run ended that December, “We spent a month together,” he detailed. “After that, I said, ‘I really want to be exclusive.’ And, somehow, she said, ‘So do I.'”

More than a decade after they welcomed Silas, the couple have largely settled in Montana, both 1,000 miles and a world away from their old life in Los Angeles. 

“You get hammered in the East Coast, you kinda get hammered on the West Coast,” Biel explained on a May 2024 episode of Kelly Ripa‘s podcast Let’s Talk Off Camera. “That’s why we don’t really live there anymore.”

The goal, she continued, is “just trying to create some normalcy for these kids. We wanna share our family with our loved ones and friends.”

And she wants to share life’s biggest wins with her person. 

“We have similar values; we believe in loyalty, honesty,” The Sinner star and executive producer told Marie Claire in 2017. “We like to have fun. We like a lot of the same things. Also, in the business, we’re all very career-oriented, and you have to be a little selfish. I understand that about my peers—about being focused and driven—and if you can find that and someone who shares the same values as you, it’s like: Score!”

So, yes, they feel like they’re winning. And if you need proof they’ve got that sunshine in their pockets, got that good soul in their feet, check out their sweetest pics.