Justin & Jessica's Secret Marriage Counseling: 'They Went Before Things Got Worse'

Justin Timberlake jokingly called stunning wife Jessica Biel a soccer mom, but his lighthearted comment hit her hard — and RadarOnline.com has learned exclusively it’s put the pop star in the doghouse!

“Justin recently joked to friends how motherhood has changed his wife, but not in a way she thinks is funny,” said an insider close to the A-listers. “Jessica overheard Justin jest that when she’s not on the red carpet, she looks like a small-town housewife with too much to do … She heard Justin refer to her as a soccer mom and blew a gasket!”

Now the celebrity couple is in marriage counseling, sources told RadarOnline.com.

“A friend of the couple suggested marriage therapy before things got worse,” the insider revealed. “They’re going once a week.”

Timberlake, 37, praised his actress/producer spouse in his recent autobiography, “Hindsight & All the Things I Can’t See in Front of Me.” But privately, the singer “told friends Jessica’s insecurity can sometimes drive him nuts and he wished she’d lighten up,” added the source.