Jelly Roll is not afraid to tell the world that his marriage to Bunnie Xo isn’t some picture-perfect fairytale, but it is real and built to last.
The `“Save Me”` singer sat down on The Pivot Podcast and tackled those swirling divorce rumors head-on. Instead of dodging the question or brushing it off, Jelly laid it all out with the kind of raw honesty that has defined both his music and his public life.
“Anybody who thinks their marriage is a one-size-fits-all kind of glove, that’s ending in the next decade for sure,” he admitted. In other words, marriage isn’t about living up to somebody else’s standards; it is about building your own blueprint with your partner.
Jelly met Bunnie backstage at one of his shows in 2015, and by 2016, he was so head over heels that he proposed to her in the middle of a show. Hours later, they made it official in a Las Vegas courthouse.
That impulsive, love-drunk move has now turned into nearly a decade of commitment, chaos, and connection. The pair renewed their vows in 2023, proving to everyone they were just as serious about each other as the day they said “I do.”
Still, Jelly doesn’t pretend that things have always been easy. He admitted that the early years of their marriage tested them in ways fans probably never saw. “I guess we went through the hardest stuff the first few years because, man, it’s only getting smoother,” he explained.
What once felt like fights for survival now feels like solid ground. Unlike some marriages that grow stale, Jelly insists theirs keeps getting better. “It’s not that old stale marriage where we’re just roommates. I love her, man. That’s my partner. She’s my person.”
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Part of what makes their love story stand out is the way Bunnie has embraced her role as a stepmother. She has been a rock for Jelly’s two children, Bailey Ann and Noah, and she has been brutally candid with her fans about wanting to add to their family. Right now, the couple is in the thick of IVF treatments, something Bunnie has been open about on her Dumb Blonde podcast.
She compared the process to pulling a slot machine in Vegas because you never know what you’re going to get. Hormones, shots, waiting games, heartbreak, and hope all collide in a way that only someone going through it could understand. “I just want a little piece of my husband and me wrapped in skin,” she told listeners, her voice breaking as she shared how lonely the road can be.
Jelly knows that while people love to gossip about celebrity marriages, the truth is that love is not built in the spotlight. It is built in the trenches. It is in the messy parts, the late-night arguments, the silent tears, and the small victories that no one on Instagram ever sees.
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And that is why, when rumors of divorce started to swirl, he did not flinch. He used the moment to remind fans, and maybe even himself, that what he and Bunnie have is not fragile. It is tough, scarred, and still standing.
As the couple celebrates their ninth wedding anniversary this year, Jelly looks at his wife and sees the same woman who changed his life that night in Las Vegas. Divorce may be a word thrown around online, but for Jelly Roll, it is not part of his vocabulary. His marriage to Bunnie Xo is proof that even when love is complicated, it can still be worth fighting for.
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