Guy and Jules: We're having a baby!

The X Factor judge and his wife are bubbling over with joy at the news they’re expecting their first child.

Life has never been sweeter for Aussie chart-topper Guy Sebastian and his wife of three years, Julie Egan. An overjoyed Guy has revealed the real reason he hasn’t been able to stop smiling on the judging panel of reality show The X Factor: Jules, as Guy affectionately calls his soul mate, is 13 weeks pregnant with their first child.

Unable to contain his excitement, Guy took to Twitter last week to confirm the news.“2day we r officially out of our first trimester so it excites me 2 announce that Jules & I r expecting our first child,” the original Australian Idol winner wrote. “Cant w8 2 b parents! “Thanks to all friends, family, fans, etc for all your kind words. We love you.” But it was actually Guy’s fellow judge on The X Factor, Ronan Keating, who first confirmed the industry’s worst-kept secret. “Guy told me a while ago. I didn’t realise the news was out,” Ronan let slip on The Kyle And Jackie O Show last Monday. “That’s great. I’m really excited for them, they’re a lovely couple.”

Guy, 29, has enjoyed hit after hit here and overseas since his debut single Angels Brought Me Here shattered chart records. But there’s no doubt fatherhood is the role he’s been waiting for. Well known as a nice guy in the recording industry, Guy – who famously abstained from sex until marriage due to his strong Christian faith – has never lost sight of what matters most in life.

Sure, he won the hearts of a nation with his show-stopping performances on Idol in 2003. However, for the Malaysian-born, tattooed R&B crooner – who met his beloved Jules as a teenager in a church group in Adelaide – family, friends and, above all, his softly spoken wife, have always come first.