CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Post-Effective
Amendment No. 23 to the registration statement on Form N-1A (the "Registration
Statement") of our reports dated February 14, 2000 and February 16, 2000,
relating to the financial statements and financial highlights which appear in
the December 31, 1999 Annual Report to Shareholders of Liberty Variable
Investment Trust (Colonial Global Equity Fund, Variable Series; Colonial Growth
and Income Fund, Variable Series; Colonial High Yield Securities Fund, Variable
Series; Colonial International Fund for Growth, Variable Series; Colonial
International Horizons Fund, Variable Series; Colonial Small Cap Value Fund,
Variable Series; Colonial Strategic Income Fund, Variable Series; Colonial U.S.
Growth & Income Fund, Variable Series; Crabbe Huson Real Estate Investment Fund,
Variable Series; Liberty All-Star Equity Fund, Variable Series; Newport Tiger
Fund, Variable Series; and Stein Roe Global Utilities Fund, Variable Series),
which are also incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement. We
also consent to the references to us under the headings "Financial Highlights"
and "Independent Accountants and Financial Statements" in such Registration
Statement.
/s/PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Boston, Massachusetts
June 1, 2000
