Meet the Husbands of the Spice Girls

Lizzie HymanThu, August 6, 2026 at 10:11 AM UTC

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Melanie Brown, Melanie Chisholm, Geri Halliwell, Emma Bunton and Victoria BeckhamCredit: Dave M. Benett/Getty Images

If you wanna be their lover, you gotta get with their friends.

For three decades, the Spice Girls — Melanie Brown, Melanie Chisholm, Geri Halliwell, Emma Bunton and Victoria Beckham — have been the embodiment of girl power, frequently reminding fans about the importance of sisterhood. And their sentiment that “friendship never ends” continues to ring true, as the bandmates have shown up for each other at major milestone events, including their weddings.

With Mel C’s July 2026 wedding to model Chris Dingwall, all five members have found their happily ever afters. Ahead, everything to know about the Spice Girls’ husbands.

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Victoria Beckham

Victoria Beckham and David BeckhamCredit: Gareth Cattermole/Getty

Victoria Beckham‘s love story is one for the ages. Posh Spice met her husband David Beckham in 1997 at a Manchester United soccer match. While the soccer star was worried he missed his moment with the Spice Girls singer, he says that he got a second chance when she returned to a soccer match a week later.

“We talked for about an hour in the players’ lounge and then she actually got the train up that day,” David said to Jimmy Fallon on The Tonight Show in 2020. “So she wrote her number down on her train ticket, which I still have.”

The soccer star was not the only one who caught feelings quickly. In a letter she wrote to her younger self in Vogue, Victoria said, “While the other football players stand at the bar drinking with their mates, you will see David standing aside with his family ... And he has such a cute smile. You, too, are close to your family, and you will think how similar he feels to you.”

The two were inseparable almost immediately. They got engaged in January 1998 and wed in July 1999. More than 25 years and four kids — Brooklyn, Romeo, Cruz and Harper — later, the couple is as in love as ever.

“I like a strong woman, and I like the fact that she works hard. I like the fact that she’s a great mum,” David said on  SiriusXM’s This Life of Mine with James Corden. “I like the fact that she looks after me sometimes, most of the time, and you know, we’ve created this life with four amazing children, which are the most important things in our life, so that’s why I chose Victoria ... the way that she kind of runs the family.”

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Melanie Brown

Mel B and Rory McPheeCredit: Rory McPhee/Instagram

Melanie “Mel B” Brown is taking a second chance at love. Scary Spice found her happily ever after with longtime friend-turned-husband Rory McPhee, whom she married in July 2025.

“I was like, ‘I’m never going to get married again. Never, never, never. I’m never having a relationship. I’m fine by myself. I want to raise my kids, put my head down and work, and that’s it’, “ the star told PEOPLE. “And then ... never can say never, can you?”

The duo tied the knot in a ceremony at The Crypt of St. Paul’s Cathedral in London, attended by stars including Emma Bunton, Cara Delevingne, Daisy Lowe and more. Brown wore an ivory gown from Josephine Scott, and her three daughters Phoenix, Angel and Madison served as her bridesmaids.

The singer was married to Stephen Belafonte for 10 years before she left him due to abuse she detailed in her 2018 memoir, Brutally Honest. Before that, she was married to Jimmy Gulzar from 1998 to 2000.

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Geri Halliwell

Geri Halliwell-Horner and Christian HornerCredit: Dave Benett/Dave Benett/Getty

Geri Halliwell found someone who made her heart race!

Ginger Spice, who turns 54 on Aug. 6, 2026, met husband Christian Horner — then the Formula 1 Red Bull Racing team boss — in 2009 at a racing event, but the two didn’t start dating until 2014.

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Their whirlwind romance led to marriage in 2015, and a year-and-a-half later, they welcomed their son, Monty George Hector. The singer and former racing driver also have children from their previous relationships: Geri is mom to daughter Bluebell Madonna Halliwell from her relationship with British director Sacha Gervasi, and Christian has a daughter, Olivia Horner, from his marriage to Beverley Allen.

“I have a great relationship with Beverley and Beverley gets on with Geri, and Geri is great with Olivia and Olivia has a lovely relationship with Monty,” Horner told The Telegraph in 2023. “It’s totally harmonious.”

Discussing his marriage to the singer, the racing mogul added, “Life works in mysterious ways. I didn’t marry Geri because she’s a Spice Girl. I married her because I fell in love with her. It will be 10 years this time next year and we’ve been happily married for seven.”

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Emma Bunton

Emma Bunton and Jade JonesCredit: Dave Benett/Getty

Emma Bunton has spent almost half of her life with husband Jade Jones.

Baby Spice met the R&B singer in the late 1990s, but didn’t become engaged until 2011. In 2008, during an interview with Closer magazine, Bunton squashed rumors about her relationship and said, “We’ve been rumored to be engaged about 20 times, but we don’t need a wedding to justify our relationship. But if we ever do get married, I couldn’t run off and do it in secret — my family would be so upset.”

In July 2021, the couple — who share sons Beau and Tate — surprised fans by tying the knot in an intimate ceremony. Both took to Instagram to share the news that they were now “Mr and Mrs Jones,” while the other Spice Girls went to the comments to share their congratulations.

“Congratulations 🎉🍾🎈 love u both so much!! X,” wrote fellow Spice Girl Victoria Beckham. “Yeahhhhhh! Congratulations 🥂love you all sooooooo much 💗,” commented Mel C. “Yipppeee,” wrote Mel B.

Bunton and Jones are still going strong. To celebrate Baby Spice’s 50th birthday in 2026, Jones posted a romantic photo of the duo kissing in front of the Eiffel Tower and wrote, “Happy Birthday you gorgeous, kind, loving, funny, inspirational, incredible woman. Today and the rest of this year is yours my darling.”

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Mel C

Chris Dingwall and Melanie CCredit: Dave Benett/WireImage

Melanie “Mel C” Chisholm found love again with Australian model Chris Dingwall.

The singer and DJ met her now-husband on the dating app Raya in 2023, and the pair went public with their romance the next year, holding hands at the Glastonbury Festival.

“The spark was immediate,” Mel C told Vogue of their connection. “I was 49 when I met Chris and I was in a really good place. We had a date in Australia, and it’s been difficult to separate us ever since.”

Chisholm and Dingwall married on July 18, 2026, at a lakeside property in England following their civil ceremony in Australia. Per Vogue, fellow Spice Girl Beckham lent a helping hand for both events, loaning Chisholm a last-minute gown before she went Down Under and then offering to make her “dream dress” for the larger celebration.

The Spice Girl was in a relationship with music producer Joe Marshall for seven years before they called it quits in 2022, reportedly due to busy schedules.

Prior to Marshall, Chisholm spent 10 years with property developer Thomas Starr, with whom she shares daughter Scarlet.

“Becoming a mum makes you realize how important you are,” Melanie told PEOPLE in 2020. “I have somebody that I want to be here to take care of and protect. I want to be my absolute best for her. She’s the thing that made me really appreciate my body and my mind.”

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