'Commitment for life': Usher and longtime partner Jennifer Goicoechea obtain marriage license ahead of Super Bowl LVIII performance

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA: Super Bowl Halftime Show headliner Usher is prepared to tie the knot with his longtime lover Jennifer "Jenn" Goicoechea.

The Super Bowl Halftime Show performer, who received a marriage certificate with his girlfriend Goicoechea before his performance, declared why he is more than open to the notion of marriage, and soon.

According to court documents obtained by PEOPLE, on Thursday, February 8, the Grammy winner and the music executive were granted a marriage license in Clark County, Nevada.

Usher explained why he is more than open to the idea of marriage

In June 2019, the duo ignited dating speculations after being spotted together at producer Keith Thomas's 40th birthday celebration.

Usher, 45, and Goicoechea, 40, noted that their two children—son Sire Castrello and daughter Sovereign Bo—have already confirmed their lifetime dedication to one another.

Speaking to PEOPLE, Usher explained: "Listen, when you find someone that you know is a great partner, of course it is an honor and a pleasure to be able to share life with someone who wants to share it with you and loves you, who you are."

"We've obviously made a commitment to life for life together because of our children," Usher went on. "It wouldn't be odd for us to get married. We already did here. You know what I'm saying?"

Usher added, "And we're going to be in each other's lives until we die, obviously, because we have something to share. That's beautiful. Our children. But not because of that. I really do feel like I have an amazing partner that I respect."

Usher also talked candidly about developing a close bond with Goicoechea at a period of personal development.

Recounting the time when the two became acquainted in 2018 after he undertook a soul-searching tour around the world, Usher said, "I started this journey, I found and met an amazing partner who happened to be my best friend and was there all the time, and I was like, wow, this could be great."

Usher has praised Jennifer Goicoechea publicly for a long time

Usher has made no secret of his admiration for Goicoechea. Usher told PEOPLE candidly a few months before his big Super Bowl performance about how Goicoechea supports him.

"I have an amazing partner, a support system," the hit singer said of Goicoechea, a record executive originally from Miami.

He added, "We have any amazing dynamic between our relationship where I'm able to be passionate still about what I do and have an incredible partner to work through some of the harder times as a young man dealing with children and dealing with the dynamic of how you communicate with them."

"I'm very happy, very fortunate to have an incredible friend, not just a partner. She's my best friend and I love her," Usher added of Goicoechea.

Goicoechea is an expert at communicating with children, said Usher.

"She's better at it than me in many lights. I'm a man-man, so I'm like, 'This is what we're doing,' and I might be a little bit more disciplinary at times," he said.

"If there's a slap and a hug, I'm the slap and she's the hug. But that creates balance."

Along with his ex-wife Tameka Foster, Usher is father to Naviyd Eli Raymond, 14, and Usher Raymond V, 15.