Jelly Roll shows off his 110lb weight loss as he poses with his wife Bunnie XO at the 2024 CMA Awards

By Daily Mail (U.S.) | Created at 2024-11-21 08:26:50 | Updated at 2024-11-21 11:40:26 3 hours ago
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Jelly Roll showed off his 110lb weight loss as he posed with his wife Bunnie XO at the Country Music Association Awards this Wednesday.

The 39-year-old recently detailed how he went from a tour culture of 'alcohol and drugs' to embracing physical fitness and healthier foods in an interview with People.

Now, after overhauling his lifestyle and surpassing his goal of dropping 100lbs, the singer proudly displayed his new figure at this week's awards show.

He and his wife were among the cavalcade of country music luminaries who flooded into Nashville's Bridgestone Arena for the event. 

Glowing with happiness, Jelly wore a simple short-sleeved top over a black t-shirt as he stood for a snap with Bunnie XO and songstress Megan Moroney.

Jelly emphasized his trimmed-down figure in black when he hit the stage that evening to deliver a rendition of Believe, his song with Brooks + Dunn.

Jelly Roll showed off his 110lb weight loss as he posed with his wife Bunnie XO (right) and fellow singer Megan Moroney (left) at the Country Music Association Awards this Wednesday

He layered a black jacket over a matching top and trousers for the performance, as well as a cross in keeping with the song's religious theme.

The Nashville native also took the stage that night alongside Keith Urban, with whom he performed the song Liar from Jelly's new album Beautifully Broken. 

In a stirring special effect, flames burst up behind the two men as they sang, throwing Jelly's figure into sharper relief.

Jelly recently covered People and shared with the magazine that he believes he's dropped 60-70 pounds alone since beginning his Beautifully Broken tour in August.

He's now opened up about how he stays fit on the road - a departure from the  partying lifestyle he was once engrained in.

The musician has reassessed his relationship with food - and is now reaping the benefits.

'The battle was with the food addiction, changing the way I’ve looked at food for the last 39 years,' he told the magazine.

'I’ve never had a healthy relationship with food, so that was the hard part. But once you get into that discipline and commitment, it’s like an avalanche. Once that little snowball started rolling, it was on its way.'

Now, after overhauling his lifestyle and surpassing his goal of dropping 100lbs, the singer proudly displayed his new figure at this week's awards show

Jelly emphasized his trimmed-down figure in black when he hit the stage that evening to deliver a rendition of Believe, his song with Brooks + Dunn

He layered a black jacket over a matching top and trousers for the performance, as well as a cross in keeping with the song's religious theme

The Nashville native also took the stage that night alongside Keith Urban, with whom he performed the song Liar from Jelly's new album Beautifully Broken

The 39-year-old detailed how he's gone from a culture of ' alcohol and drugs' to embracing physical fitness and healthier foods; pictured 2021, before his 110 pound weight loss

Jelly said he plays basketball with his crew everyday on tour and he's made healthy eating and exercise a top priority during his tour.

'It’s cool because there was once a time in life that the culture I built on tour was the opposite. It revolved around alcohol and drugs,' he said.

'And now our tour culture is around good eating and around exercising and doing emotional check-ins with our crew every day.'

The star said his food addiction began as a child, but he has since developed the 'discipline' and 'commitment' to begin a new path. 

Last month, the country star opened up about his physical transformation in an Instagram video while detailing his diet and grueling exercise routine ahead of his Beautifully Broken Tour.

To slim down, the two-time Grammy nominee took up boxing, basketball and walking arenas.

'That's why next year when y'all see me you won't recognize me,' he said. 'I'm going to get under a pile of weights in a way that I never have.'

Jelly appears on the cover of People magazine 

The country star has dropped 110 pounds in 2024; pictured in 2021

Jelly pictured at UFC 309 at Madison Square Garden over the weekend 

He continued: 'When I see y'all in March for Canada, dawg, y'all aren't gonna recognize me.'

In the same recording, the Son of a Sinner hitmaker's chef, Ian Larios, noted that his client's favorite pre-show snack is a banana topped with Manuka honey, stevia and dark chocolate shavings.

After his gig, Jelly enjoys Nashville hot chicken, which the nutritionist has been making healthier by 'taking away the oil and the batter from it.'

The chicken is then served with French fries coated in bone brother, which 'ups the protein in it, but it also makes it have that nice crunch to it, because we air fry it.'

'So it tricks your brain into thinking that this is, like, that nice greasy Nashville deep-fried hot chicken. He's gonna feel like he's eating at home,' he added. 'It's healthy. It's air-fried. It's full of protein, and it helps him stay on track.'

Larios raved: 'That 100-pound weight loss goal from last tour is huge.'

In April the singer - whose real name is Jason Bradley DeFord - admitted he had been 'really kicking a**' in his mission to lose weight.

Over the past year, Jelly has also credited his healthier mentality to his wife Bunnie XO (otherwise known as Alyssa DeFord), who's been by his side encouraging him the entire time

'I'm probably down 70-something pounds. I've been really kicking a***, man. I'm doing two to three miles a day, four to six days a week. I'm doing 20 to 30 minutes in the sauna, six minutes in a cold plunge every day. I'm eating healthy right now,' he told People.

The Save Me star went on to say that while he already feels 'really good' about the weight loss, he was still planning to lose 'another 100, 100-and-something [pounds].'

'If I feel this good down this weight, man, I can only imagine what I'm going to feel like by the time I go on tour,' he predicted.

Jelly has been touring the country on the Beautifully Broken Tour with Warren Zeiders and Alexandra Kay, which kicked off in August.

Over the past year, Jelly has also credited his healthier mentality to his wife Bunnie XO (otherwise known as Alyssa DeFord), who's been by his side encouraging him the entire time.

The couple first met at one of his 2015 concerts in Las Vegas, and then tied the knot the following year with his two children by side.

Jelly is also proud father of daughter Bailee, 15, and son Noah, seven, both of which are from previous relationships.

2024 CMA Award Winners

Entertainer of the Year

Luke Combs

Jelly Roll

Chris Stapleton

Morgan Wallen (WINNER)

Lainey Wilson

Album of the Year

Deeper Well - Kacey Musgraves; Producers: Ian Fitchuk, Kacey Musgraves, Daniel Tashian; Mix engineers: Shawn Everett, Konrad Snyder

Fathers & Sons - Luke Combs; Producers: Luke Combs, Chase Matthews, Jonathan Singleton; Mix engineer: Chip Matthews

Higher - Chris Stapleton; Producers: Dave Cobb, Chris Stapleton, Morgane Stapleton; Mix engineer: Vance Powell

Leather - Cody Johnson; Producer: Trent Willmon; Mix engineer: Jack Clarke (WINNER)

Whitsitt Chapel - Jelly Roll; Producers: Andrew Baylis, Brock Berryhill, Zach Crowell, Jesse Frasure, David Garcia, Kevin "Thrasher" Gruft, Austin Nivarel, David Ray Stevens; Mix engineers: Jeff Braun, Jim Cooley

Female Vocalist of the Year

Kelsea Ballerini

Ashley McBryde

Megan Moroney 

Kacey Musgraves 

Lainey Wilson (WINNER) 

Male Vocalist of the Year 

Luke Combs 

Jelly Roll 

Cody Johnson 

Chris Stapleton (WINNER)

Morgan Wallen 

Vocal Group of the Year 

Lady A 

Little Big Town 

Old Dominion (WINNER)

The Red Clay Strays 

Zac Brown Band 

Vocal Duo of the Year

Brooks & Dunn (WINNER)

Brothers Osborne 

Dan + Shay 

Maddie & Tae 

The War And Treaty 

New Artist of the Year 

Megan Moroney (WINNER)

Shaboozey 

Nate Smith 

Mitchell Tenpenny 

Zach Top 

Bailey Zimmerman 

Single of the Year 

A Bar Song (Tipsy) - Shaboozey; Producers: Sean Cook, Nevin Sastry; Mix engineer: Raul Lopez

Dirt Cheap - Cody Johnson; Producer: Trent Willmon; Mix engineer: Jack Clarke

I Had Some Help - Post Malone (Feat. Morgan Wallen); Producers: Louis Bell, Charlie Handsome, Hoskins; Mix engineer: Ryan Gore

Watermelon Moonshine - Lainey Wilson; Producer: Jay Joyce; Mix engineers: Jason Hall, Jay Joyce

White Horse - Chris Stapleton; Producers: Dave Cobb, Chris Stapleton, Morgane Stapleton; Mix engineer: Vance Powell (WINNER)

Song of the Year

Burn It Down - Hillary Lindsey, Parker McCollum, Lori McKenna, Liz Rose

Dirt Cheap - Josh Phillips

I Had Some Help - Louis Bell, Ashley Gorley, Charlie Handsome, Hoskins, Austin Post, Ernest Keith Smith, Morgan Wallen, Chandler Paul Walters

The Painter -  Benjy Davis, Kat Higgins, Ryan Larkins

White Horse - Chris Stapleton, Dan Wilson (WINNER)

Musical Event of the Year 

Cowboys Cry Too - Kelsea Ballerini (with Noah Kahan); Producers: Kelsea Ballerini, Alysa Vanderheym

I Had Some Help -  Post Malone (Feat. Morgan Wallen); Producers: Louis Bell, Charlie Handsome, Hoskins

I Remember Everything - Zach Bryan (ft. Kacey Musgraves); Producer: Zach Bryan

Man Made A Bar - Zach Bryan (ft. Kacey Musgraves); Producer: Joey Moi

you look like you love me -  Ella Langley (feat. Riley Green); Producer: Will Bundy (WINNER)

Music Video of the Year 

Dirt Cheap -  Cody Johnson, directed by Dustin Haney

I Had Some Help - Post Malone (Feat. Morgan Wallen), directed by Chris Villa

I'm Not Pretty -  Megan Moroney, directed by Jeff Johnson and Megan Moroney

The Painter - Cody Johnson, directed by Dustin Haney

Wildflowers and Wild Horses - Lainey Wilson, directed by Patrick Tracy (WINNER)

Musician of the Year 

Tom Bukovac

Jenee Fleenor 

Paul Franklin 

Rob McNelley 

Charlie Worsham (WINNER)

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