The White Stripes, one of the biggest rock bands of the noughties, maintained for years that they were brother and sister, while secretly they had been married all along. The duo, Jack White and Meg White, hit the charts with their single "Seven Nation Army" in 2003 after debuting their first studio album in 1999.

Despite consistent claims of being siblings, the pair was actually a married couple.

The two formed the band in Detroit, Michigan, where their paths crossed at Memphis Smoke restaurant during their high school years – Meg worked there, and Jack, then known as Jack Gillis, performed on open mic nights.

Jack even went so far as to call Meg his "big sister" publicly and doubled down against rumors of marriage, telling NME: "We're brother and sister.

"Someone started a rumour about how we used to be married and we played along with it. That was a bad idea, we get asked this all the time now."

Eventually, their ruse fell apart as "smouldering eye contact" between them raised suspicion among observant fans.

When their marriage certificate surfaced, Jack conceded in 2002: "We've given up. People can say whatever they want at this point. It never mattered to us. We were never trying to create this."