When, this past weekend, Hailey Bieber celebrated her 29th birthday with her husband—a little-known musical artist by the name of Justin Bieber—by her side, the sight of the happy couple (well, their clasped hands and socked feet, anyway) got us thinking about the long and winding road of their relationship.
Oh, you too? Well, how about a timeline of Justin and Hailey Biebers’ courtship and marriage, then? Without further ado…:
October 2009: They meet
Not every girl can say she met her internationally famous husband in the lobby of The Today Show, but that’s exactly where Justin and Hailey Bieber first made each other’s acquaintance, back when he was a swoopy-haired teen pop idol. Hailey’s father, actor Stephen Baldwin, introduced the two of them—an adorably awkward moment captured on video.
January 2016: They soft-launch their romance with an Instagram-worthy kiss
Years later, Hailey and Justin reconnected through Hillsong Church, but they didn’t hard-launch their relationship until after photos were published of the couple sharing a kiss at Leonardo DiCaprio’s New Year’s Eve party in St. Barts.
February 2016: They share their love with the press
Justin referred to Hailey as “someone I really love” in his March 2016 GQ cover story, adding: “We spend a lot of time together.” Asked about Justin’s comments, however, Hailey clarified to E! News that the two were not exclusive. Intrigue!
Winter 2016: They split up
The course of true love famously never runs smooth, and indeed, Justin and Hailey ended Round One of their relationship almost a decade ago, not long after the GQ story came out. “I just was honest with her, I was like, ‘I’m not in a place to be faithful,’ and all this sort of stuff that I wanted to be but I just wasn’t there yet,” Justin recalled of their highly publicized breakup on the premiere episode of his and Hailey’s 2020 Facebook show, The Biebers on Watch.
Spring 2018: They get back together
After two years that Hailey described as “a long period of time when we weren’t friends,” Justin and Hailey were once again spotted attending church together and making out all over the place, from New York to Washington, D.C.
July 2018: They get engaged
Justin confirmed the rumors of his Bahamas engagement to Hailey on Instagram, captioning a cuddly photo of the couple thusly: “You are the love of my life Hailey Baldwin and I wouldn’t want to spend it with anybody else. You make me so much better and we compliment eachother [sic] so well. It’s funny because now with you everything seems to make sense!”
Fall 2018: They’re (quietly) married!
Justin and Hailey officially became the Biebers in September 2018, at small civil ceremony in New York, with Justin first referring to Hailey as his wife on social media a few months later.
March 2019: They grace the cover of Vogue
Photographed by Annie Leibovitz, Vogue, March 2019
