Irish singer Kian Egan, of former Westlife fame, has revealed that he fell for his wife the first time he laid eyes on her, which was back in the '90s. 

Speaking to Fabulous magazine about his wife, Jodi Albert, the star explained that he saw her performing at the 1999 Party in the Park festival and thought she was gorgeous so asked Simon Cowell for an introduction:

"(We met) backstage at (U.K. festival) Party In The Park in 1999. Jodi was in her band Girl Thing, and I was in Westlife. I was standing with Simon Cowell and was like:' Who's that?'. Simon said: 'No, no, no kiddo!'."

Egan joked: "He was very protective because Jodi was just 15 at the time. But we flirted for the rest of that day... We didn't get together for another four years. Jodi was only 15, after all."

He will release his debut solo album, entitled 'Home', in March and recently told  The Ryan Tubridy Show on 2FM that he still can't believe he was offered the opportunity to work on his own music: "I never expected it is the real answer. When I came out of the jungle and I got the phone call saying that a record label wanted to sign me, I was quite taken back by it."