Jelly Roll Files for Divorce from Bunnie Xo in Tennessee, Citing Irreconcilable Differences

Jelly Roll filed for divorce from Bunnie Xo on May 18 in Williamson County, Tennessee. The documents listed irreconcilable differences as the reason for the split. Jelly Roll, whose real name is Jason Bradley DeFord and who is 41, and Bunnie Xo, whose real name is Alisa Andrea Carter and who is 46, had been married for almost a decade.

They secretly married at a Las Vegas courthouse in August 2016 after meeting one year earlier at one of Jelly Roll’s concerts. The couple renewed their vows in 2023. Bunnie Xo served as stepmother to Jelly Roll’s daughter Bailee Ann, 18, and son Noah Buddy, 9.

A moving truck was spotted outside the couple’s shared residence in Tennessee the day after the filing became public. It remains unclear whose belongings were being removed. The pair briefly separated in 2018 after Jelly Roll had a months-long affair.

Com that unresolved trust issues from that period resurfaced amid later pressures. “The sad part is that Bunnie stood by him through everything,” the source said. “She was there before the fame, before all the awards, before his sold out shows.

The same source said the couple eventually recognized they were no longer building the same future. “Jelly Roll and Bunnie eventually had to be honest with themselves that they weren’t building the same future anymore,” the insider stated. The source added that some people close to the couple observed growing tension as Jelly Roll adopted a more faith-centered lifestyle while Bunnie Xo maintained the outspoken brand that defined her public work.

“Whether that’s fair or not, it became increasingly difficult to reconcile those two worlds,” the insider said. The source also noted a “tremendous amount of love” remains between the former spouses. com.