*NSYNC Reunion Could Still Happen!!

*NSYNC fans, there's still hope.

Though the group has been on hiatus since 2002, Chris Kirkpatrick says there is a still a chance that he and Justin Timberlake, JC Chasez, Lance Bass, and Joey Fatone will reunite.

"You never know what the future holds. Anything could happen," says Kirkpatrick, 38, who now fronts the pop/rock band Nigels 11. "We're all just being ourselves for a little while."

Still, he insists, "I think when the stars are aligned, the time is right, and all five of us have our heads on straight and know the direction we're going as a band, it'll eventually happen. If not, I know we'll be best friends forever."

The guys, in fact, still hang out together: Chasez co-wrote a Nigels 11 song with Kirkpatrick, who recently participated in Timberlake's charity golf tournament in Las Vegas. "Justin is a little better golfer than me," he says, adding with a laugh, "But I look way better."(read more)