Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel are officially married

Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel are officially married.

The couple confirmed the news on Friday in a statement, following days of mounting speculation about their nuptials.

Justin and Jessica said their I dos in a rustic Italian ceremony in front of close friends and family.

Their statement to People.com read: 'It's great to be married, the ceremony was beautiful and it was so special to be surrounded by our family and friends.'

The Hollywood couple even kept their guests in the dark about exactly when the wedding would take place after flying them out to Southern Italy for a week-long celebration, estimated to have cost the couple $6.5million, according to RadarOnline.

Justin, 31, and Jessica, 30, had been dating for five years.