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"Westlife star Kian Egan and his wife Jodi Albert have announced that they are expecting their first child.  The &amp;#039;What About Now&amp;#039; singer first confirmed the news on Twitter this afternoon, declaring: &amp;quot;Myself and my wife are delighted to say we are expecting our first baby! We are so happy and cannot wait to be parents.&amp;quot; As fans rushed to congratulate the couple, Egan replied: &amp;quot;Thank you all so much for the lovely messages. We are so excited to be parents. Thanks for all the love and support.&amp;quot; Albert, whose girlband Wonderland is managed by Egan, echoed his sentiment on her own profile.  &amp;quot;Thank you so much to everyone for all the excitement and congrats messages about our baby news,&amp;quot; she wrote. &amp;quot;We can&amp;#039;t wait! Love to you all.&amp;quot; Egan and ex-Hollyoaks actress Albert married in May 2009. They dated for over four years before becoming engaged on Christmas Day 2007.  Egan was forced to reassure Westlife fans in April that a Twitter &amp;#039;announcement&amp;#039; of his departure from the group was fake.  Watch Kian Egan in the video for Westlife&amp;#039;s &amp;#039;Bop Bop Baby&amp;#039; below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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