Country singer Jelly Roll files for divorce from wife Bunnie XO

Jelly Roll filed for divorce from wife Bunnie XO on May 18, 2026, citing irreconcilable differences in Williamson County court records.

Objective Facts

Jelly Roll (Jason Bradley DeFord) filed for divorce from his wife Bunnie XO (Alisa Andrea DeFord) on May 18, 2026, in Williamson County, Tennessee. The court documents cite 'irreconcilable differences' as the reason. The couple had been married for nearly 10 years after meeting in 2015 at one of his Las Vegas concerts. Sources told TMZ the divorce was a mutual decision and a private family matter. The divorce filing came after what had been presented as a redemption story; the pair had publicly discussed their separation in 2018 after Jelly Roll's infidelity, which became part of their shared public narrative as his career took off.

Deep Dive

Jelly Roll and Bunnie XO met in 2015 when she was attending one of his concerts in Las Vegas at the Country Saloon; he proposed on stage at a Yelawolf and Deftones concert in August 2016 and they married the same night at a Vegas courtroom. In 2025, Jelly Roll publicly revealed he had previously cheated on his wife, calling it 'one of the worst moments of my adulthood' on the 'Human School' podcast. In her February 2026 memoir, Bunnie described the 2018 affair, writing that she discovered Jelly Roll had his ex-fling waiting in a hotel down the street and contemplated suicide that night. Jelly Roll said they did 'a lot of work to repair' their relationship and were then 'stronger than we could have ever been,' claiming 'I'm proud of who we are today'. After Jelly Roll went public about his infidelity, Bunnie found herself justifying her decision to stay, pushing back on Instagram at the idea that walking away is always the brave move. While promoting her book on 'The Kelly Clarkson Show' earlier in 2026, Bunnie said she felt she owed her husband a second chance after receiving many opportunities to turn her life around herself. The divorce filing just weeks after the 2026 Grammys—where Jelly Roll won Best Contemporary Country Album and credited his wife for helping him recover from drug addiction, saying 'I would have never changed my life without you. I'd have ended up dead or in jail'—raises questions about what prompted the shift. The divorce was described by sources as a mutual decision, but the actual causes of the split have not been publicly disclosed by either party. Bunnie posted cryptically on social media around the time of filing, lip-syncing to Nickelback's 'How You Remind Me' (with lyrics about feeling let down) and sharing a boudoir photo captioned 'She's getting her sparkle back'.

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Country singer Jelly Roll files for divorce from wife Bunnie XO

Jelly Roll filed for divorce from wife Bunnie XO on May 18, 2026, citing irreconcilable differences in Williamson County court records.

Jun 16, 2026
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Jelly Roll (Jason Bradley DeFord) filed for divorce from his wife Bunnie XO (Alisa Andrea DeFord) on May 18, 2026, in Williamson County, Tennessee. The court documents cite 'irreconcilable differences' as the reason. The couple had been married for nearly 10 years after meeting in 2015 at one of his Las Vegas concerts. Sources told TMZ the divorce was a mutual decision and a private family matter. The divorce filing came after what had been presented as a redemption story; the pair had publicly discussed their separation in 2018 after Jelly Roll's infidelity, which became part of their shared public narrative as his career took off.

Objective Deep Dive

Jelly Roll and Bunnie XO met in 2015 when she was attending one of his concerts in Las Vegas at the Country Saloon; he proposed on stage at a Yelawolf and Deftones concert in August 2016 and they married the same night at a Vegas courtroom. In 2025, Jelly Roll publicly revealed he had previously cheated on his wife, calling it 'one of the worst moments of my adulthood' on the 'Human School' podcast. In her February 2026 memoir, Bunnie described the 2018 affair, writing that she discovered Jelly Roll had his ex-fling waiting in a hotel down the street and contemplated suicide that night.

Jelly Roll said they did 'a lot of work to repair' their relationship and were then 'stronger than we could have ever been,' claiming 'I'm proud of who we are today'. After Jelly Roll went public about his infidelity, Bunnie found herself justifying her decision to stay, pushing back on Instagram at the idea that walking away is always the brave move. While promoting her book on 'The Kelly Clarkson Show' earlier in 2026, Bunnie said she felt she owed her husband a second chance after receiving many opportunities to turn her life around herself.

The divorce filing just weeks after the 2026 Grammys—where Jelly Roll won Best Contemporary Country Album and credited his wife for helping him recover from drug addiction, saying 'I would have never changed my life without you. I'd have ended up dead or in jail'—raises questions about what prompted the shift. The divorce was described by sources as a mutual decision, but the actual causes of the split have not been publicly disclosed by either party. Bunnie posted cryptically on social media around the time of filing, lip-syncing to Nickelback's 'How You Remind Me' (with lyrics about feeling let down) and sharing a boudoir photo captioned 'She's getting her sparkle back'.