Marriage to foreign national?

My fiancee is a British citizen and I am a US citizen. We wish to marry but he is having a problem obtaining a visa. K-1 fiancee visa would not work because we have not met in person. We want to go to Barbados and marry. Can he then come back to the US with me and begin the process of obtaining a green card or must he return to England while I do the paperwork and after approval come over. We are not just doing this for him to come to US. We are in love and plan to spend the rest of our lives together!