Watch Christina Aguilera Sing at Etta James's Funeral

Christina Aguilera was in rare form Saturday night. The singer wore a conservative (by her standards) skirt suit and teared up as she stood on stage at an L.A.-area church while telling hundreds of mourners of her admiration for the late Etta James.

The blonde delivered a heartfelt speech about her connection to the soul singer, who passed away at the age of 73 on January 20. Aguilera nervously explained her love for James and her music and told the crowd she's performed "At Last" at every single one of her concerts over the last 10 years. "I've aspired to sing like her, to be like her, to emulate her notes and her passion, and the love for what she did," Aguilera said before breaking out into song.

Christina Aguilera Wants Her New Boyfriend to Meet Her Ex-Husband

Christina Aguilera has had several public dates with her new man Matthew Rutler since announcing her divorce from hubby Jordan Bratman, and pals say she wants them to spend some time together. A source said: “I’m sure Christina thinks that if Matt and Jordan can become friends, the whole situation will be easier.”

However, her friends don’t think Jordan will take well to the idea of the meeting -- but he might agree to it for the sake of their two-year-old son Max.

The source added to more! magazine: “I doubt Jordan’s convinced. Some people think he must be humiliated by the public breakdown of his marriage and hurt by her recent comments about how she knew they were over. Not to mention her very public relationship.

“I wouldn’t be surprised if he’s fed up with playing nice, but with their son to consider, we can understand why they’d want to make peace.”

It was recently claimed that Jordan is refusing to move out of the Los Angeles home he shared with Christina.

A source said "It is difficult for Christina since he won't move out of the house.

"When she is back in Los Angeles she has to stay somewhere even if she's with their son."

Christina Aguilera 'Felt Torn' About Breaking Up Her Family

Christina Aguilera announced she had split from her husband of four years  Jorban Bratman last month, but she says it wasn't easy to decide to leave him.

She said: "Things were so unhealthy and unhappy for both Jordan and me, I knew I had to end it. I really didn't want to hurt Jordan, and I felt torn about splitting our family up."

Though she felt torn about ending her marriage to Jordan, Christina felt it would be the best for Max if his mother and father went their separate ways.