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Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck's wedding in Georgia "really was heaven" as the newlywed shared a host of romantic images with her fans from their southern nuptials upon returning from their honeymoon in Italy.
Lopez was a positively beaming bride while walking down the aisle with her husband underneath an incredible floral ceiling after saying "I do" in front of a small group of friends and family at the $8 million estate he purchased when they first began dating 20 years ago.
"This is heaven. Right Here. We’re in it now," Lopez wrote to her millions of fans. "That is one of my favorite lines that Ben wrote from a movie he directed called ‘Live By Night’. He also said it the night of our wedding reception in his speech, and I thought...how perfect."
She also revealed that their children walked down the aisle to Marc Cohn's "The Things We've Handed Down," which she said was "a song about the wonderful mystery of children — something we could only guess at back then, but it was the perfect choice as our five children preceded me on the walk."
Lopez's twins, Max and Emme, from her previous marriage with Marc Anthony, and Affleck's three children with ex-wife Jennifer Garner — Violet, Seraphina and Sam — were the only people who stood by their sides as they recited their vows.
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Jennifer Lopez shared a look inside her Georgia wedding with Ben Affleck, and described the weekend as "heaven." (John Russo/ OnTheJLO.com)
Jennifer Lopez shared a tender moment with her husband, Ben Affleck. (John Russo/ OnTheJLO.com)
"The twenty years between those dreams of youth and the adult world of love and family we embraced that day, brought more to this marriage than either of us ever could have imagined," she wrote. "We weren’t only marrying one another; we were marrying these children into a new family. They were the only people we asked to stand up for us in our wedding party. To our great honor and joy, each one did."
She recalled Cohn playing "True Companion" when "the eldest of our children" finished walking, and said the tune was "a song we first listened to together what seemed both like yesterday and forever ago — and life came, strangely, beautifully, mysteriously, divinely full-circle."
JLo added: "Later Ben told me that the chords of the song and seeing Marc Cohn both shocked him and allowed him to feel the way both roads we had walked found their way, inevitably, inexorably, and perfectly together. And when he saw me appear at the top of the stairs that moment it both made absolute sense while seeming still impossibly hard to believe, like the best dream, where all you want is never to awaken.
"I would have had many of the same thoughts probably had I not been focusing so hard on not tripping over my dress, but when I got close enough to see his face, it made the same wonderful sense to me. Some old wounds were healed that day and the weight of the past finally lifted off our shoulders. Full-circle — and not at all the way we planned it. Better."
Jennifer Lopez said "old wounds were healed that day" when she married Ben Affleck in Georgia. (John Russo/ OnTheJLO.com)
Jennifer Lopez said the wedding weekend wasn't without a little drama, but ultimately everything turned out perfectly now that she has Ben Affleck by her side. (John Russo/ OnTheJLO.com)
The couple first met while working on set of "Gigli" and were engaged in 2002 with plans to marry in September 2003, but they postponed the wedding and ultimately called off their relationship in the beginning of 2004. They reunited once again before the summer of 2021, and Ben proposed to Jen in April while she was taking a bath.
"Years ago, we had no idea the road ahead would mean navigating so many labyrinths and hold so many surprises, blessings, and delights," she wrote. "It all culminated in this moment, one of the most perfect of our lives. We couldn’t have been happier. I wish all of you the same kind of happiness...the hard-earned kind that’s all the sweeter for the journey that came before it."
The "Waiting for Tonight" singer wore three custom-made Ralph Lauren wedding gowns for the ceremony and reception hosted on their private Hampton Island estate on Aug. 20. She was draped in pearls for part of the evening as she posed on a swing hanging below opulent chandeliers.
Candles illuminated the table settings at their backyard wedding in Georgia two weeks ago. (John Russo/ OnTheJLO.com)
Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez welcomed a small group of friends and family to their Georgia home for their wedding weekend in August. (John Russo/ OnTheJLO.com)
Guests wore all-white to the celebration, which was mostly hosted outside and underneath tents set up throughout the 87-acre property. Their big night was complete with a fireworks display overlooking the water.
The following day, guests were invited to a brunch by the lake. "I designed it and could easily talk about it for days! I wanted each day to have its own personality but fit the setting we were in for the weekend: the vibes were down-home, rustic country-chic," Lopez wrote.
Lopez proved to be a bride with worries on her mind as she watched the weather all week, anticipating rain that never showed, guests who would arrive on time and typical Georgia "love bugs."
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"Oh, and all of us caught a stomach bug and were recuperating ‘til late in the week, that, and along with a few other unexpected setbacks, had all the makings of a doozie of a wedding weekend," she wrote. "The truth is, I never had one doubt. All week I felt the calm and easy certainty that we were in God’s hands..."
Jennifer Lopez showed off a gold wedding dress in snaps from her rehearsal dinner before marrying Ben Affleck. (John Russo/ OnTheJLO.com)
Jennifer Lopez posted behind-the-scenes shots from her second wedding with Ben Affleck. (John Russo/ OnTheJLO.com)
Jennifer Lopez hosted a post-wedding brunch and shared photos of Ben Affleck with his mother. (John Russo/ OnTheJLO.com)
Lopez wore a stunning gold dress for the rehearsal dinner where she admitted, "Ben and I laughed the night before about getting married again at our age. We had both been married before and we aren’t exactly kids any more but somehow now seemed like the only age that made sense."
She continued: "The truth is everyone’s story is different and we all have our paths to travel. No two people are the same. But for us, this was perfect timing. Nothing ever felt more right to me, and I knew we were finally "settling down" in a way you can only do when you understand loss and joy and you are battle tested enough to never take the important things for granted or let the silly insignificant nuisances of the day get in the way of embracing every precious moment.
"We find ourselves in that long-desired time of life: having gratitude for all that life has shown us, even its trials and tribulations. That night really was heaven..."
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