“It feels amazing. My cheeks hurt from smiling so hard. I’ve been smiling for days.” Mariah added, “It’s comforting–and something I’ve never felt before. Which is really being in love and happy with someone who really understands me and isn’t trying to do anything but make me happy. It’s wonderful.”

And as far as those tattoos,

“One thing [few people] knew was we got tattoos a few weeks earlier. So anyone who saw my tattoo wasn’t surprised,” said Carey.
Cannon added, “To me rings are special and exciting, but tattoos mean more than anything. They’re forever and ever. They professed our love.”

And as far children, well…they’re already working on that!

“It’s part of the whole purpose of getting married,” Carey said. “I’d just want our children to have the best childhood and upbringing they possibly could.”

Read more of what they told People magazine at the gala.