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JLo And Marc: Scenes From A Marriage

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On Friday afternoon, pop sensation Jennifer Lopez and crooner husband Marc Anthony announced their split after seven years of marriage. The couple released a joint statement to People magazine saying simply, "We have decided to end our marriage. This was a very difficult decision. We have come to an amicable conclusion on all matters. It is a painful time for all involved and we appreciate the respect of our privacy at this time."

This will be Lopez's third, and Anthony's second, divorce. The couple share three-year-old twins, Max and Emme, born in 2008.

Click through the slides below for a timeline of their life together.

(01 of08)

Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony dated briefly in the late 1990s before his first marriage to former Miss Universe Dayanara Torres and her second marriage to backup dancer Cris Judd. The pair remained friends, working together in music videos.

(02 of08)

The couple reunited in 2004 while recording a duet together for Lopez's 2004 film "Shall We Dance." Lopez and Anthony quietly married in June of that year, only four days after Anthony finalized his divorce with his ex-wife with whom he shared two children. Here they are pictured performing "Escapemonos" at the Grammy Awards in 2005.

(03 of08)

In 2006, the couple collaborated in Puerto Rico on their film "El Cantante."

(04 of08)

The pair, both of whom are of Puerto Rican descent, proudly marched in the Puerto Rico Pride Parade in New York in 2006.

(05 of08)

The pair put on quite a show at the Market America Super Bowl XLI party in 2007 in Miami.

(06 of08)

Jennifer Lopez, seen at the 2008 "Movies Rock: A Celebration of Music in Film" event in Hollywood, pregnant with twins Emme Maribel Muñiz and Maximilian "Max" David Muñiz. The couple reportedly sold photos of the pair for an estimated $4 to $6 million.

(07 of08)

At the Us Weekly Hot Hollywood Style Celebration in Los Angeles last year.

(08 of08)

Earlier this year, the couple seemed very much in love at the Grammy Awards, with Lopez even saying that month that she and Anthony wanted more children.

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