{"id":510602,"date":"2026-06-21T04:37:31","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T04:37:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/510602\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T04:37:31","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T04:37:31","slug":"the-growing-tension-that-led-to-jelly-roll-and-bunnie-xos-difficult-divorce-exposed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/510602\/","title":{"rendered":"The \u2018growing tension\u2019 that led to Jelly Roll and Bunnie Xo\u2019s \u2018difficult\u2019 divorce exposed"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jelly Roll and Bunnie Xo\u2019s divorce had been building<\/a> behind the scenes for years over their changing lifestyles.<\/p>\n

\u201cSome people around them 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,\u201d a source exclusively told Page Six. <\/p>\n

\u201cWhether that\u2019s fair or not, it became increasingly difficult to reconcile those two worlds.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jelly Roll and Bunnie Xo\u2019s divorce had been building behind the scenes for years, according to an insider close to the couple. xomgitsbunnie\/Instagram<\/p>\n

\u201cSome people around them felt there was growing tension,\u201d a source exclusively told Page Six. (Seen above in May 2025) Penske Media via Getty Images<\/p>\n

The insider continued to claim, \u201cA lot of people want to point to one thing, but it was really a combination of issues that had been building for years.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThey came from similar worlds when they met and bonded over surviving difficult circumstances, but over time their lives started moving in different directions,\u201d the source said. \u201cJelly has changed tremendously over the last few years. His focus shifted to his health, faith, family and the long-term legacy he wants to leave behind.\u201d<\/p>\n

The \u201cDumb Blonde\u201d podcast host\u00a0shared a racy image just hours before news broke of Jelly\u2019s divorce filing.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

According to the insider, \u201cJelly embraced a more faith-centered lifestyle while Bunnie continued building the outspoken and provocative brand that had always been authentic to her.\u201d Getty Images for CMT<\/p>\n

\u201cA lot of people want to point to one thing, but it was really a combination of issues that had been building for years,\u201d the source said. Getty Images<\/p>\n

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\u201cShe\u2019s getting her sparkle back,\u201d she wrote atop the photo.<\/p>\n

\u201cBunnie has always been unapologetically herself, and while that\u2019s something [Jelly\u2019s] admired about her, there were times when it felt like they were no longer aligned with where he saw his life heading or what he envisioned for the future,\u201d the source said.<\/p>\n

In January, Bunnie opened up about how she and Jelly Roll were\u00a0trying to have a baby<\/a>\u00a0via in vitro fertilization.<\/p>\n

The insider told Page Six, \u201cThere were also difficult conversations about expanding their family, timing and what they both wanted their future to look like. Those discussions became more complicated as his career continued to explode.\u201d<\/p>\n

The \u201cWild Ones\u201d singer filed for divorce from Bunnie on May 18 after almost a decade of marriage. Kevin Mazur\/Getty Images for The Recording Academy<\/p>\n

Jelly Roll and Bunnie secretly tied the knot\u00a0at a Las Vegas courthouse in August 2016. jellyroll615\/Instagram<\/p>\n

In 2018, Bunnie and Jelly briefly separated after the \u201cSon of a Sinner\u201d singer\u00a0had a months-long affair<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen 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<\/a> they worked hard to overcome, it created a situation where they kept finding themselves having the same conversations over and over,\u201d the source said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe sad part is that Bunnie stood by him through everything. She was there before the fame, before all the awards, before his sold out shows.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cShe stayed through some incredibly difficult periods, including challenges that would have ended a lot of marriages,\u201d the insider added.<\/p>\n

Reps for Jelly Roll and Bunnie Xo did not immediately respond to Page Six\u2019s request for comment.<\/p>\n

In 2018, Bunnie and Jelly briefly separated after the \u201cSon of a Sinner\u201d singer\u00a0had a months-long affair. WireImage<\/p>\n

The source said that Bunnie \u201cwas there before the fame, before all the awards, before his sold out shows.\u201d (Seen above in April 2024) Billboard via Getty Images<\/p>\n

It was revealed on Monday that the \u201cWild Ones\u201d singer, 41, whose real name is Jason Bradley DeFord, filed for divorce from Bunnie, 46, on May 18 after almost a decade of marriage.<\/p>\n

The legal documents, which were filed in Williamson County, Tennessee,\u00a0cited \u201cirreconcilable differences\u201d<\/a>\u00a0as the reason for their breakup.<\/p>\n

Jelly Roll and Bunnie, whose real name is Alisa Andrea Carter,\u00a0secretly tied the knot<\/a>\u00a0at a Las Vegas courthouse in August 2016 \u2014 just one year after the couple met at one of the country singer\u2019s concerts.<\/p>\n

The \u201cDumb Blonde\u201d podcast host\u00a0shared a racy image just hours before news broke of Jelly\u2019s divorce filing. xomgitsbunnie\/Instagram<\/p>\n

During their relationship, Bunnie served as a stepmother to Jelly Roll\u2019s two children \u2014 daughter Bailee Ann and son Noah Buddy. (Seen above in July 2024) Variety via Getty Images<\/p>\n

They married the same night that Jelly Roll proposed. In 2023, they renewed their vows.<\/p>\n

During their relationship, Bunnie served as a stepmother to Jelly Roll\u2019s two children \u2014 daughter Bailee Ann, 18, and son Noah Buddy, 9.<\/p>\n

Most recently,\u00a0a moving truck<\/a>\u00a0was spotted outside of their shared residence in Tennessee. It\u2019s unclear at this time as to whose items were being moved from their marital home.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jelly Roll and Bunnie Xo\u2019s divorce had been building behind the scenes for years over their changing lifestyles.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":510603,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[120329,5874,1202,26323,5875,32815,922,93,1302,61,60,51254,278],"class_list":["post-510602","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-bunnie-xo","tag-celebrity-breakups","tag-celebrity-couples","tag-celebrity-divorces","tag-celebrity-exes","tag-celebrity-marriages","tag-celebrity-news","tag-entertainment","tag-exclusive","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-jelly-roll","tag-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/510602","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=510602"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/510602\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/510603"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=510602"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=510602"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=510602"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}