What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger, right? That’s what Backstreet Boy Nick Carter is banking on as he brings together his younger brother, mega pop star Aaron, and their three sisters, Bobbie Jean, Leslie and Angel, to live together as they try to put a turbulent family history behind them.

House of Carters premieres with a special hour-long episode on Sunday, 5th November at 6pm only on E! Entertainment Television (Sky 155/NTL170). Following the one-hour series debut, new half-hour episodes will air every Sunday at 6pm throughout November and December.

What made you decide to get your family together and do House of Carters?

Nick: It kind of just happened; it was a natural progression, like it was meant to be. I was coming out to LA to record music, Aaron and all the other kids were out here on their own. I was going to move them into a house with me anyway and watch over them. The whole idea of the TV show came to light and we just decided to document it.

Nick: It’s a cool thing, you get the chance to see what you’re doing and who you are, analyse yourself and correct things. A lot of people who come up and say "We know what you’re doing with your family and think it’s great, we’re gonna do the same thing!" People are afraid to go back to their pasts. Everything you’re going through now stems from your family. Our family is much tighter than it was.

Aaron: Numerous things. After sitting down and watching myself on TV, taken from an outside perspective. It’s different when you’re in it and you think ‘wow, do I really act like that?’ The good thing about this show is that it’s really helped us all mature really quickly.

Aaron: It wasn’t like he intentionally tried to do that, it was just a brotherly love coming out of it.

Nick: Yeah, I didn’t feel like I was acting that way but I guess I was, but then my brothers and sisters would tell me. "Hey Nick, you’re starting to act like your dad."

Aaron: Our father makes an appearance on the show.

Nick: No not at all. Our mother and father are divorced and our father re-married and she was like 29 when they got married. The truth is, it felt a little weird for us.

Aaron: With Nick, he didn’t really have to meet her or anything like that. For me, I was stuck in the house with my dad and my stepmother. I think it was more difficult than it really seemed on the outside. You’ve got to understand, your parents have been together your whole life and all of a sudden it’s a different lifestyle. I didn’t want to lose the family that I had. I felt like I lost it.

Nick: All of the siblings were longing for our original family. Our mother decided to get remarried and she was dating younger guys and all this shit. Everything was just turned upside down. My whole entire family was just longing for what they believed our immediate family. All we had left from that situation was each other. That’s what it was really about.