Their journey began when 12-year-old Celine met 38-year-old René, who became her manager. Moved by her talent, he was brought to tears. “While I was singing, he started to cry,” Celine recalled. Their professional relationship blossomed into romance when she turned 19, though they kept it private. Celine finally declared her love in her album The Colour of My Love: “It was like bang! Love! Love always wins.”René proposed in 1991, and they wed in December 1994 at Notre-Dame Basilica in Montreal,

Celine, then 26, stunned in a Mirella and Steve Gentile silk gown with a 20-foot train and a Swarovski crystal tiara. “I’m not surprised we married each other,” she said later. “We have the same dreams. We have the same goals.”In 2000, they renewed their vows in a grand Orthodox ceremony at Caesars Palace, with Celine donning a golden gown. “It’s almost like a show, and we’re show business people,” she remarked.