Jelly Roll Is About to Be Single

Country star filed for divorce from Bunnie Xo after a very public decade-long relationship

By Polly Davis Doig withNewser.AI

Posted Jun 16, 2026 11:39 AM CDT

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Jelly Roll Heads for Splitsville — Jelly Roll, left, and Bunnie XO arrive at the 68th annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)

A high-profile country music marriage that once played out lovingly on the Grammys stage is now headed for divorce. Jelly Roll (also known as Jason DeFord), has filed to end his nearly 10-year union with Bunnie Xo (real name Alisa DeFord), according to court records in Williamson County, Tenn., dated May 18 and reviewed by People. TMZ has spotted a moving van in the driveway of their Nashville mansion. Representatives for both have not commented.

The split comes just months after the pair—who wed in a Las Vegas courthouse in 2016, the same night he proposed onstage—shared kisses on the 2026 Grammys red carpet and celebrated his win for Best Contemporary Country Album, where he publicly credited Bunnie with helping save his life thusly:

"I want to thank my beautiful wife," he said. "I would have never changed my life without you. I would have ended up dead or in jail. I would have killed myself if it wasn't for you and Jesus. I thank you for that."

Their relationship, which began after they met at a 2015 concert, has included public disclosures about Jelly Roll's past infidelity, a brief separation, a 2023 vow renewal, and recent struggles with IVF and surrogacy as they tried to have a child together. Jelly Roll, 41, and Bunnie, 46, do not share children; he has two from previous relationships, and both have described her as an enthusiastic stepmother.

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