Jessica Alba on Being With Husband Cash Warren for 19 Years and the Secret to Their Marriage (Exclusive)

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Jessica Alba is spilling the secret to her relationship success. ET's Nischelle Turner spoke with the 42-year-old actress on Tuesday, and she shared what's kept her 19-year relationship and 15-year marriage to Cash Warren strong all these years.«I think sometimes it's over communication, sometimes it's under communication,» she told ET. «Sometimes it's, 'I need my space I'll talk to you [later].' When I need [you, I'll say], 'I miss you, will you come back?' [It's about] always communicating how you feel.»Warren himself spoke on the topic during a recent appearance on Jana Kramer's podcast.«You can go months when your energy is just off.

It's not like you're actively fighting over those months, but your energy is off. Just having the patience to know that eventually it starts to come back together and your energy starts to get back aligned,» he said of what he and Alba do well in their relationship. «Going through a few of those cycles, I no longer get as nervous and kind of start looking at the door.

I no longer get as nervous when you're drifting apart or your energy's off.»«She's aligned there, so when we're going through those times we either give each other the space that we need, we talk it out, we maybe go on a date night,» he added. «You try to do things to get it back.

Fortunately I've got a partner who's kind of right there lock and step.»It hasn't always been easy for the couple, though. During his podcast interview, Warren recalled a brief breakup between him and Alba four years into their romance.«When we first started dating, I was really jealous of other guys and the attention that she was getting from other guys.