By Page Six | Created at 2026-06-18 19:42:33 | Updated at 2026-06-18 21:18:53
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Jelly Roll’s decision to file for divorce from Bunnie Xo carried a sense of betrayal given everything the podcaster had weathered by her husband’s side over the years.
“The sad part is that Bunnie stood by him through everything,” a source exclusively told Page Six. “She was there before the fame, before all the awards, before his sold out shows. She stayed through some incredibly difficult periods, including challenges that would have ended a lot of marriages.”
“Jelly Roll and Bunnie eventually had to be honest with themselves that they weren’t building the same future anymore,” the insider said.
Still, the source believes there’s a “tremendous amount of love” between the exes.
Reps for Jelly Roll, 41, and Bunnie Xo, 46, did not immediately respond to Page Six’s request for comment.
A source previously told Page Six that some people around the former couple “felt there was growing tension as Jelly embraced a more faith-centered lifestyle while Bunnie continued building the outspoken and provocative brand that had always been authentic to her.”
“Whether that’s fair or not, it became increasingly difficult to reconcile those two worlds,” the insider said.
In 2018, Bunnie and Jelly briefly separated after the “Son of a Sinner” singer, 41, had a months-long affair.
“When you add in the pressure of fame, constant public scrutiny and then the unresolved issues from the earlier years of their marriage, including trust issues they worked hard to overcome, it created a situation where they kept finding themselves having the same conversations over and over,” the source explained.
It was revealed on Monday that the “Wild Ones” hitmaker, whose real name is Jason Bradley DeFord, filed for divorce from Bunnie on May 18 after almost a decade of marriage.
The legal documents, which were filed in Williamson County, Tennessee, cited “irreconcilable differences” as the reason for their breakup.
The “Dumb Blonde” podcast host shared a racy image just hours before news broke of Jelly’s divorce filing.
Bunnie shared a steamy photo of herself wearing pink satin lingerie. In the snap, she sat up on her knees on a brown couch as she began to take off her bra strap.
“She’s getting her sparkle back,” she wrote atop the photo.
The following day, a moving truck was spotted outside of their shared residence in Tennessee. It’s unclear at this time as to whose items were being moved from their marital home.
Jelly Roll and Bunnie, whose real name is Alisa Andrea Carter, secretly tied the knot at a Las Vegas courthouse in August 2016 — just one year after the couple met at one of the country singer’s concerts.
They married the same night that Jelly Roll proposed. In 2023, they renewed their vows.
During their relationship, Bunnie served as a stepmother to Jelly Roll’s two children — daughter Bailee Ann, 18, and son Noah Buddy, 9.
