Aguilera: 'Husband helped me beat fears'

Christina Aguilera has reportedly paid tribute to her husband Jordan Bratman in an emotional TV interview, in which she credited their marriage as instrumental in her managing to overcome her abusive past.

The couple will have been married for four years in November and share a 19-month-old son, Max.

Aguilera insisted that it is Bratman's loving companionship that has helped her defeat her fears after growing up around a violent father, E! reports.

She said: "I grew up not having any real male perspective or role model and Jordan just continuously makes me fall deeper and deeper in love with him everyday.

"He just exudes such love and is such a great father to Max that it just makes me the happiest woman alive. I'm just lucky to have him in my life... every couple has times when they disagree, but I never allow any arguments to escalate in front of Max."