Britney Spears Is Reportedly Wed

Pop star Britney Spears married a childhood friend early Saturday morning in Las Vegas, according to reports from two news outlets.

Spears’ new husband is Jason Allen Alexander, who is from Kentwood, La., according to People.com, the online arm of the Time Warner publication. The two, who are both Louisiana natives, tied the knot in Las Vegas at the Little White Wedding Chapel on the Strip, People.com said.

The Las Vegas Review-Journal reported on its Web site that Spears, 22, and Alexander, 22, were granted a marriage license, citing an affidavit of Application for Marriage License filed Jan. 3.

Calls to Spears’ representatives were not immediately returned.

The bride wore jeans and a baseball cap, according to People.com, and had a hotel bellman walk her down the aisle.

People.com reported that Spears and Alexander journeyed to the Little White Wedding Chapel after a stop at the Ghostbar, a club in the Palms Casino Hotel. The chapel has been the site for weddings by Bruce Willis and Demi Moore, among others.

The chapel staff told the couple that they couldn’t get married without a license, so they were reportedly taken by the limo to the Clark County Marriage Bureau office in the downtown Las Vegas courthouse. They applied for and were granted the license, then driven back to the chapel, where they were married.

People.com also said that the ceremony was videotaped by the chapel, and that Spears had been showing it to friends.

Spears released her fourth album, “In the Zone,” in November. It debuted at the top of the album charts, but sales fell sharply after that.

She is scheduled to begin a concert tour March 2 in San Diego.