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WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 21, 2007 1:45 PM EST

As Life & Style told you first, Britney Spears has a new man and now they’re going public!

Brit, wearing black and dark sunglasses, and waiter Michael Marchand, dressed up in a shirt and tie, definitely caused quite a stir when they were spotted out together at Mirabelle restaurant, where Michael works, in LA on Nov. 21!

An eyewitness tells Life & Style, “Michael came in a little after midnight, and she came in right after. They were being discreet. Forty-five minutes later, they left the restaurant together. He was charming – he made Britney laugh and looked at her with this secret smile. They left in separate cars.”

Life & Style reports in its new issue that Brit instantly fell for Michael when she was at Mirabelle in early November. “Their chemistry was immediate. He’s very turned on by her,” says an insider. Since then, the two had at least one date at Brit’s mansion. “They’re always texting each other,” says the insider.

When Life & Style asked him about their romance, he said, smiling, “I can’t talk about that right now.”

Stay tuned for more on Brit’s hot, new man!