The surprise newlyweds of the month, Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon, talk about their wedlock for the first time, extolling each other’s qualities to People magazine.

R’n’B diva Mariah Carey and actor/rapper Nick Cannon confirmed their surprise nuptials to People magazine this week, thus  putting to rest all speculation regarding their change of marital status.

The two were reported to have had an impromptu marriage ceremony in Eleuthera, the Bahamas, on April 30, but confirmation from the protagonists themselves was still needed.

Carey and Cannon are catering to the public’s wishes, sharing photos from their ceremony with the world, via People. Neither appears to be at a loss for words, with the fresh new spouses praising each other enthusiastically.

“We really do feel we are soulmates,” Carey told the magazine. “I never felt a love like this was in the cards for me.”

Cannon in turn adds, “She is beautiful on the outside and 10 times as beautiful on the inside.”

This is the 27-year-old MTV star’s first marriage and the second for Carey, 38. She ended a five-year marriage to music exec Tommy Mottola approximately a decade ago. Cannon was previously engaged to Victoria’s Secret model Selita Ebanks, but the relationship ended more than half a year ago.

Among the first reports that ascertained the marriage was one from People, who received confirmation last week from Bishop Clifford Petty of the National Church of God in the Caribbean that he had presided over the wedding.

Petty’s church is based in Eleuthera, in the town of Governor’s Harbour, but at the time, he did not specify whether the wedding took place there or elsewhere. He would give no further details, other than to say he did not give a sermon.

Carey and Cannon had reportedly been dating for nearly two months when they decided to tie the knot. The diva’s appearance at the Tribeca Film Festival in late April, where she promoted her new movie, “Tennessee,” garnered immediate media attention when a huge diamond ring was spotted on the appropriate left finger.

The $2.5 million, 17-carat diamond ring from Jacob & Co. jewelers is one of a kind, which the young actor/ rapper helped design, according to reports.