Jewel's Wedding Photo

I have mixed feelings about eloping. Getting married is a private matter, but it's pretty damn rude to shut out your friends and family. But, I also feel like a lot of couples that elope or have the small weddings actually last. They're more concerned with the marriage than turning their wedding into a Broadway-like spectacle.

Can you believe Jewel said this? - "I'll try to make our lives the best piece of art I've ever done." She's so romantic and cute! I expect her to get preggers by next year if she isn't knocked up already.

Held at The Cove Atlantis resort in the Bahamas, the very private affair included just two guests: Jewel's former keyboard player Jason Freese, who officiated (the couple found out he had been ordained online) and his wife Amy.

At sunset, as Otis Redding's "I've Been Loving You Too Long" played from their private cabana, Jewel, 34, (in Monique Lhuillier) met her groom (in jeans and cowboy boots) in the sand to recite their handwritten vows. "I said that I'll try to make our lives the best piece of art I've ever done," she said.

Murray, 38, secretly proposed to the singer on her birthday, May 23, and the couple decided to elope since "we feel that's what marriage is â€" just me and her," he said.

After their "I dos" the newlyweds called their families to break their happy news and enjoyed a surprise fireworks display from the resort. "It felt," said the groom, "like we were the only ones in the world."

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