The idea that Jelly Roll and his wife Bunnie Xo are destined to divorce seems absurd.
But that’s not the case. The truth is that the country star and his wife, an influencer, have gone through significant ups and downs throughout their marriage.
In fact, two years after getting married, divorce seemed to be the only solution to their problems.
How are things now for the famous couple? Let’s dig into it.
Jelly Roll’s love life before marriage
Their love story is the stuff of fantasy for music fans.
The adorable couple met at one of Jelly Roll’s shows in Las Vegas in 2016. And just like that, they tied the knot a year later. When you know, you know!
This was the first serious relationship the Christian country singer had been involved in since he left his ex-girlfriend Felicia, the mother of his only child, Bailee.
That romance was a whirlwind that continued through his drug dealing days and his time behind bars.
But the couple never married, and it took eight years after their daughter was born for them to begin a serious relationship with Bunnie Xo, a social media creator and influencer.
Everything seemed to be going well… until it wasn’t.
Jelly Roll: How Bunnie Xo Avoided Divorce
Longtime fans will likely remember how Jelly Roll and Bunnie split in 2018, just two years after tying the knot.
While Bunnie vlogged about the entire ordeal on her YouTube videos, it was never entirely 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, and years that followed. Those who were supposedly aware Reddit The couple was said to have an open marriage, but Jelly Roll hooked up with someone without telling Bunnie.
This caused a rift that ended 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 this case, distance brought some sense back to the lovebird.
After Jelly Roll followed Bunnie to Las Vegas, they found a way to forgive and forget whatever had happened.
“Who would have thought that our split in 2018, me moving back to Vegas and you coming to find me, would have put us on this wild ride called life?” she wrote in the text of a video posted on Tik Tok.
“We finally committed to each other and did everything we promised each other on the first night in 2016. Our castle in the sand had to come down so we could rebuild it on solid ground. I love you so much.”
And the promise has remained alive and kicking to this day!
The couple today: couldn’t be happier
“Imagine everything you never thought would happen to you, coming from where I come from, and then being able to do it all and share every experience with your best friend and your wife.”
This is how Jelly described her marriage to Bunnie before the 2024 CMT Music Awards, six years later Surviving Your Breakup.
Today, the couple is better and more in love than ever, proving their devotion to each other at every opportunity they get.
But Jelly admits she almost lost something incredibly special and has worked “hard” to make sure nothing like that happens again.
“It wasn’t always Hallmark cards and Care Bears, and we had to work really hard to be together,” she added. “And it was worth it. It was worth every second. It was worth every disagreement, it was worth every separation. All roads pointed back to the North Star that was all love.”
As for his current situation: “We are in the easy phase now,” he admits.