Nick Lachey and Vanessa Minnillo split

No newlyweds ahead for Nick Lachey and Vanessa Minnillo. The couple have split, reps for both stars say.

“They have amicably split but remain good friends who still greatly care for one another,” Minnillo’s rep said.

Adds a source: “It was an amicable break-up. They walk away from it still friends.”

Another source said, “They still care about each other very much. This is what’s best for both of them.”

The couple hooked up in 2006, one year after Lachey divorced from wife Jessica Simpson.

In 2007, Minnillo said she wanted to have kids with Lachey: “I always say I want three boys and a girl, but at the end of the day, I just want healthy kids.”