The idea that Jelly Roll and his wife Bunnie Xo are headed for divorce seems absurd.
But that’s not quite the case. The truth is that the country star and his influencer wife have had significant ups and downs throughout their marriage.
In fact, two years after they got married, divorce seemed like the only solution to their problems.
So, where are things now for the famous couple? Let’s dive in.
Jelly Roll’s love life before marriage
Their love story is the stuff of music fans’ fantasies.
The adorable couple met at one of Jelly Roll’s shows in Las Vegas in 2016. Then, just like that, they got married a year later. When you know, you know!
This was the first serious relationship the Christian country singer has had since leaving his ex-girlfriend Felicia, mother of his only daughter, Bailee.
This romance was a whirlwind, continuing through his drug dealing days and his time behind bars.
But the couple never married, and it took 8 years after their daughter’s birth for his relationship with Bunnie Xo, a social media creator and influencer, to start getting serious.
Things seemed wonderful – until they weren’t.
Jelly Roll: How He Avoided Divorce from Bunnie Xo
Longtime fans will likely remember how Jelly Roll and Bunnie broke up in 2018, just two years after their wedding.
Although Bunnie has been open about the entire ordeal in her YouTube videos, it has never been clear what the initial catalyst for the split was.
The obvious assumption was infidelity, and fans debated it a lot in the days/weeks/months/years that followed. Those supposedly in the know Reddit revealed that the couple has an open marriage, but that Jelly Roll hooked up with someone without telling Bunnie.
This caused a fight that resulted in their separation and Bunnie moving to Las Vegas.
But Jelly Roll went after her, and that made all the difference.
Bunnie Xo and Jelly Roll ‘rebuild’ their marriage
Distance makes the heart grow fonder, and in their case, distance brought some sense to the lovebird.
After Jelly Roll followed Bunnie to Vegas, they found a way to forgive and forget what happened.
“Who would have thought that our breakup in 2018, me moving back to Vegas and you coming to get me back — would send us on this wild ride called life,” she wrote in a video posted on TikTok.
“We finally committed to each other and did everything we promised each other that first night in 2016. Our sand castle had to crumble so we could rebuild on solid ground. I love you sooooo much.”
And the promise remains alive and well to this day!
The couple today: couldn’t be happier
“Imagine having everything you never thought would happen to you, coming from where I came from, and then being able to do all of that and share every experience with your best friend and your wife.”
This is how Jelly described her marriage to Bunnie ahead of the 2024 CMT Music Awards — six years later surviving the breakup.
Today, the couple is better and more in love than ever, showing their devotion to each other every chance they get.
But Jelly acknowledges he nearly missed out on something incredibly special and that there was “hard work” put into making sure nothing like that happened again.
“It wasn’t always Hallmark cards and Care Bears, and we had to really work hard to stay together,” he added. “And it was worth it. It was worth every second. It was worth every disagreement, it was worth every breakup. All roads pointed back to the North Star which was all love.”
As for the current situation: “We’re in the easy phase now,” he admits.