See What the NSYNC Band Members Look Like Then and Now

NSYNC has reunited several times since their 2002 disbandment, performing together at the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards and teaming up for a 2018 TV appearance promoting their star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. None of these reunions, however, have given fans as much hope as the one that happened in September 2023, when they appeared on stage at the MTV VMAs to present the best pop video award. Even winner Taylor Swift was shook. “I had your dolls,” she told the group, ignoring her own victory. “Like, are you doing something? What’s going to happen now? ... They’re going to do something and I need to know what it is!”

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Swift was correct, and within days the group confirmed they’d recorded a single for the Trolls Band Together soundtrack. New tour or album news, it was not, but fans were still pleased to hear “Better Place,” the first new *NSYNC song released in more than 20 years.

While NSYNC devotees are hoping more news is coming, Joey Fatone has advised everyone to be patient. “This is the first step, people, so we don’t know what’s gonna happen after,” he told Entertainment Tonight in October 2023. “It’s almost like I took you out on a date, we’re gonna hang out a little, we don’t know if we’re actually gonna go out for the next date or just get married and kick it, we don’t know yet. … Basically, the five of us got together, we had dinner. We haven’t slept with each other yet, but you never know.”

Keep reading to find out where the five members of *NSYNC are now.

NSYNC Members: Then and Now

Justin Timberlake

After *NSYNC’s hiatus began, Justin Timberlake embarked on a successful solo career that began with his 2002 album, Justified. Since then he’s won 10 Grammys, seven American Music Awards and 11 MTV Video Music Awards. He’s also built a successful acting career, having starred in movies including The Social Network, Inside Llewyn Davis, Friends With Benefits and Bad Teacher, and earned four Emmys for his work on Saturday Night Live. In 2018, he published a book titled Hindsight & All the Things I Can't See in Front of Me. Most recently, he appeared in Netflix’s Reptile alongside Benicio Del Toro and reprised his voice role as Branch in Trolls Band Together, which hits theaters in November 2023.

Timberlake has been married to Jessica Biel since 2012. They share sons Silas and Phineas, born in 2015 and 2020, respectively.

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JC Chasez

JC Chasez is the only other member of *NSYNC besides Timberlake to attempt a solo career. He released his first studio album, Schizophrenic, in 2004. (His second album, Story of Kate, remains unreleased.) Chasez has also dabbled in acting, appearing in episodes of Las Vegas and Ghost Whisperer and the films Killer Movie and Red Sky. From 2007 to 2012, he was a judge on America’s Best Dance Crew.

Chasez is the only member of *NSYNC who has never married or had children.

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Lance Bass

After *NSYNC’s hiatus, Lance Bass tried his hand at acting, starring in the rom-coms On the Line and Love Wrecked and the TV show Insatiable. He’s also done plenty of voiceover work, appearing in episodes of Kim Possible, BoJack Horseman and Gravity Falls. Bass competed on Season 7 of Dancing With the Stars in 2008, finishing in third place. In 2021, he served as a guest host on Season 7 of Bachelor in Paradise. Since January 2023, Bass has hosted the “Frosted Tips” podcast, where he interviews fellow former boybanders like the Backstreet Boys’ Howie Dorough and AJ McLean and O-Town’s Ashley Parker Angel and Erik-Michael Estrada. In June 2023, he played himself alongside *NSYNC bandmate Joey Fatone in an episode of How I Met Your Father.

Bass came out as gay in a 2006 cover story for People magazine. In 2014, he wed Michael Turchin; all of his *NSYNC bandmates except Timberlake were in attendance. Bass and Turchin welcomed twins—son Alexander and daughter Violet—in October 2021.

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Joey Fatone

After *NSYNC’s demise, Joey Fatone pursued an acting career, starring in My Big Fat Greek Wedding and The Cooler. In 2016, he starred in the TV film Dead 7 alongside fellow *NSYNC alum Chris Kirkpatrick and other boybanders including the Backstreet Boys’ Nick Carter and 98 Degrees’ Jeff Timmons. Fatone competed on Season 4 of Dancing With the Stars in 2007, finishing in second place. He returned to the show for All-Stars in Season 15 but was the second contestant eliminated. In 2019, he competed in Season 1 of The Masked Singer as Rabbit. Fatone has also appeared on stage, starring in productions of Rock of Ages, Little Shop of Horrors and 42nd Street.

Fatone married high-school sweetheart Kelly Baldwin in 2004 in a ceremony that was attended by all of his *NSYNC bandmates. The couple welcomed daughters Briahna and Kloey in 2001 and 2010, respectively.

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Chris Kirkpatrick

Chris Kirkpatrick has tried his hand at many things since his *NSYNC days. In 2010, he recorded an album with his alternative rock band, Nigel’s 11, and he worked as a voiceover actor on The Fairly OddParents. In 2008, he appeared on Season 2 of Gone Country, a CMT reality show in which celebrities competed to become a country singer. On the acting front, he starred in Dead 7 with Joey Fatone and On the Line with Lance Bass. His other credits include Stripperella and Angie Tribeca. In 2022, he competed on Season 3 of Celebrity Big Brother and Season 8 of The Masked Singer (where he appeared as Hummingbird).

Kirkpatrick married Karlyn Skladany in 2013, and all of his *NSYNC bandmates served as ushers. The couple welcomed son Nash in 2017.

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