Belting out dozens of swoon-worthy and romantic ballads couldn’t prepare Howie Dorough for the biggest day of his life — his wedding to longtime girlfriend Leigh Boniello.

“I had to hold myself back from crying,” Howie tells OK!. “She was so beautiful.”

The Backstreet Boy, 34, tied the knot with his lady on Dec. 8 in front of 180 guests, including his bandmates, Brian Littrell, Nick Carter, A.J. McLean and Kevin Richardson, who left the group last year, and OK! was invited for the big bash. After Howie and Leigh, 33, made it official, the couple sat down with OK! to reflect on their special day as they embark on their new life as husband and wife.
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Backstreet Boy Howie Dorough and longtime girlfriend Leigh Boniello married Saturday in his hometown of Orlando, wedding guests confirm to PEOPLE.

“The whole thing was like it belonged in a bridal magazine,” one guest tells PEOPLE of the Catholic ceremony, held at St. James Cathedral. “It was absolutely perfect.”

Dorough, 34, proposed to Boniello last New Year’s. “She wasn’t expecting it, and I was quite nervous – more nervous about proposing to her in front of 40 family and friends than about performing in front of 40,000 people onstage,” Dorough told PEOPLE earlier this year of his proposal at Boniello’s family home in New Jersey.
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With his family and Backstreet Boys bandmates in attendance, Howie Dorough said “I do” to his lovely new bride Leigh Boniello at St. James Cathedral in his hometown of Orlando, Fla., on Saturday.

To the sounds of trumpets, Leigh, looking beautiful in her gown, strolled down the aisle of the flower-adorned church to the altar, where her tuxedoed groom stood waiting. Father Miguel Gonzalez performed the traditional Catholic ceremony, which featured a reading by Howie’s sister Angie and a performance of “Ave Maria” by his other sister Pollyanna.

Look for the exclusive photos and interview with the newlyweds in next week’s issue of OK!
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Less than a month away from his Orlando wedding to longtime sweetheart Leigh Boniello, Backstreet Boy Howie Dorough enlisted his brother, Johnny, bandmate AJ McLean and a crew of friends to throw him one last bash in Las Vegas.

“My brother just got married about a month and a half ago and I did his bachelor party maybe two months before that so I kind of got a little of an idea what I’m kind of in store for,” Howie explained to OK!. “But he’s got a bit more rowdier friends than mine. I’m excited about it. It’s an American tradition. It seems like Vegas is the ultimate place to have a bachelor party.”

The 34-year-old swears that his lady doesn’t mind his boys weekend on the town. In fact, she packed his bags for him! “The ongoing joke is, I wonder what’s actually going to be in the bags — if the clothes are going to be cool or the worst clothes ever for me to be seen in. She’s great,” he said.
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Backstreet Boy Howie Dorough and his longtime girlfriend, Leigh Boniello, are engaged, the couple tell PEOPLE exclusively.

They plan to marry later this year.

“She wasn’t expecting it, and I was quite nervous – more nervous about proposing to her in front of 40 family and friends than about performing in front of 40,000 people onstage,” Dorough says of the New Year’s Eve proposal at Boniello’s family home in New Jersey.

The couple, both 33, met in 2000, when Boniello, a film-exec-turned-real-estate-broker, was working as the Backstreet Boys’ Webmaster.

They say they were “very careful” to keep their engagement private at first, but with the wedding right around the corner, felt it was finally time to share the news. “We’re very, very excited,” says Dorough.
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