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Mariah Carey really did get married to Nick Cannon in the Bahamas last week – and they have the tattoos to prove it.

The two confirmed to People that they tied the knot at Ms. Carey's Bahamian estate April 30 after a courtship that began in late March. In an interview from the magazine's May 19 issue, Mr. Cannon said they clicked instantly when Ms. Carey cast him as a lover in the video for her new single, "Bye Bye."

"We had so much in common spiritually, and we laugh at the same things," Mr. Cannon said. "I didn't have to put on my Mac Daddy suave mode. I was able to be myself with her. We are both eternally 12 years old."

Continuing celebrity tradition, they got tattoos to mark their meeting of the minds. "One thing [few people] knew was we got tattoos a few weeks earlier. So anyone who saw my tattoo wasn't surprised," said Ms. Carey.

Mr. Cannon added, "To me rings are special and exciting, but tattoos mean more than anything. They're forever and ever. They professed our love."