James's wife is Savannah. She is two years younger than James and grew up in Akron, Ohio, USA. Savannah attended Buchtel High School, where James's best friend happened to go to school.
On September 23rd, 20 10 Beijing time, James proposed to Savannah brinson and they got engaged. Brinson revealed the news in his private Weibo. On American New Year's Eve, James held his 27th birthday party in a famous hotel in South Beach, but the most important thing that night was not James' birthday party, but that he finally got engaged to his girlfriend Savannah brinson.