The musician recently filed for divorce from his wife of 10 years.

Jelly Roll’s family: All about the “Son of a Sinner” singer’s wife and two kids

The musician recently filed for divorce from his wife of 10 years.

By Brianna Zigler

June 17, 2026 4:36 p.m. ET

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Jelly Roll with his son, Noah; Jelly Roll and Bunnie Xo with his daughter, Bailee. Credit:

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- On June 15, Jelly Roll filed for divorce from his wife of 10 years, Bunnie Xo.

- Bunnie Xo is an author and podcaster who hosts *The Dumb Blonde Podcast.*

- Jelly Roll's two kids, Bailee and Noah, are both from prior relationships.

Following the news that popular musician Jelly Roll would be divorcing his wife, podcaster Bunnie Xo, after 10 years of marriage, Jelly Roll's daughter, Bailee Ann, had much to say on the matter.

In a since deleted TikTok post, the 18-year-old got candid about the media circus: “Oh & one more thing I am disgusted at how invested everyone is in a very clearly private family matter. It’s [f---ing] crazy. Go on somewhere yall. Worry ‘bout your house — not mine. I’m not speaking on it — yet."

Jelly Roll and Bunnie Xo met at one of his concerts in 2015. They were married one year later. That same year, Jelly Roll welcomed his second child from a previous relationship, Noah Buddy. The singer and his now-ex-wife also share primary custody of his teenage daughter, Bailee Ann, from his past relationship with Felicia Beckwith.

Below, we take a closer look at the “Wild Ones” singer's family.

Bunnie Xo is a podcaster and author

Bunnie XO and Jelly Roll during the "Stripped Down: Unfiltered and Unapologetic" book tour.

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Bunnie Xo — real name Alisa DeFord — is an American podcaster, media producer, and host of the *Dumb Blonde Podcast*. The "comedy, trending, and lifestyle" show, according to its official bio, features candid conversations with guests from across pop culture and entertainment.

In addition to featuring her ex-husband, Jelly Roll, on the show, Bunnie Xo has interviewed a number of celebrities, including Dolly Parton, Jon Bon Jovi, Maury Povich, and Wiz Khalifa.

However, Bunnie Xo had already built an online following years before launching her podcast, using the YouTube channel BunnieXo to post vlogs. The channel currently has more than one million subscribers.

In 2026, Bunnie Xo added "author" to her résumé with the release of her memoir, *Stripped Down: Unfiltered and Unapologetic*, which details her former career as a sex worker. In the book, she opened up about Jelly Roll's 2018 affair, which he publicly acknowledged the following year.

Jelly Roll has two kids from previous marriages

Bailee Ann DeFord, Noah Buddy DeFord, and Jelly Roll attend Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards 2024 on July 13, 2024, in Santa Monica, Calif.

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Jelly Roll has two children from prior relationships: Bailee Ann, who was born in May 2008, and Noah Buddy, born in 2016.

Bailee was born when Jelly Roll was 23 and incarcerated for drug dealing. In 2023, the singer spoke with *Billboard** *about how learning of his daughter’s birth served as his wake-up call.

“I’ve never had nothing in life that urged me in the moment to know that I had to do something different. I have to figure this out right now,” he said.

Jelly Roll met his daughter when she was two. In that same *Billboard* interview, he credits his relationship with Xo as the main reason why he was able to gain primary custody of Bailey from his ex, Felicia Beckwith, in 2017.

According to the 2023 Hulu documentary *Jelly Roll: Save Me*, Beckwith struggled with drug addiction for years, though she and Bailee have been working to mend their relationship.

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“You’re talking about a woman [Bunnie Xo] that came in and took a child that was soon to be born and a child that [we were] soon to have full custody of,” Jelly Roll told *Billboard*. “I would have never got custody of my daughter without her. I wouldn’t have had the stability or the money.”

Bailee graduated high school in May 2026. A few years prior, she appeared on Bunnie Xo’s podcast to discuss her desire to go to law school.

In 2016, Jelly Roll welcomed his second child, son Noah, from a relationship that predated Bunnie Xo. Jelly Roll hasn’t spoken much about his younger child. This is due to an agreement between him and Noah’s mom, Melissa, for Noah to have more privacy.

Speaking to *Taste of Country**, *the singer said, "With Bailee, I'm the full-time parent, I'm the judge, the jury and the executioner, when it comes to decisions with her. I try not to get in the way of what [Noah's mom] is building over there, and I never want to step on her toes, with what she's doing with him, that I want to just respect that boundary.”

Noah made his social media debut in 2023, in a TikTok video alongside his stepmom, who clarified in the comments that Noah’s mom had approved of his appearance in the video.

Encouraged by Bunnie Xo, Noah shyly approached the camera and said, “My name is Noah and my favorite color is red.”

Bunnie Xo loves being a stepmom to her “bonus babies”

Bailee Ann, Jelly Roll and Bunnie Xo attend the 'Jelly Roll: Save Me' Documentary World Premiere.

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Despite not being their biological mom, Bunnie Xo has taken immense pride in the role of stepmom to Bailee and Noah.

Speaking to *E! News* in February of 2026, she spoke fondly of her relationship with Bailee. "I might not be her birth mother, but that's my baby,” she said. “She's about to go to college. She has a 4.0 grade point average.”

In a post for Bailee’s Sweet 16 on Instagram in 2024, Bunnie Xo posted a sweet photo of her with Jelly Roll, Bailee, and Noah. "Thank you Papa Roll for giving me the chance to be the mom I never had," reads the caption. "But most importantly — Thank you to the sweetest, sassiest 16 year old for teaching me the most healing life lessons ever these past 8 years & letting me be your mama."

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That same year, after Noah attended one of his dad’s shows, Bunnie Xo posted a photo of the three of them together on Instagram.

"Nothing brings me more joy than getting to watch my bonus babies grow up," she wrote. "I’m not one to get emotional but just being in this little boy’s life since the day he was born is such a privilege. Thankful for his mama as well."

Jelly Roll and Bunnie Xo had looked into having kids of their own

Jelly Roll and Bunnie Xo attend the 68th GRAMMY Awards at Crypto.com Arena on February 01, 2026, in Los Angeles, Calif.

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In her memoir, Bunnie Xo detailed her plans to have children of their own.

She wrote, “Now that we’re finally stable financially and somewhat emotionally after all the healing we’ve done over this decade together, we’re talking about the future—­including growing our family, and I have a surrogate, the sweetest woman ever, and soon I’ll be starting my IVF stims.”

She continued, “We’re going to raise these babies in love and give them everything we were never given. I can’t wait to see a piece of me and him running around outside of our bodies.”

She wrote that the couple had begun their fertility journey in 2019 and that it hadn’t been easy. Bunnie Xo learned that her fallopian tubes were blocked. “I would need surgery, and that still wouldn’t guarantee I’d be able to carry a baby," she said.

After pausing their efforts in 2019, they moved forward with renewed optimism — and a plan for surrogacy. “With how much IVF has advanced over the years,” the podcaster explained, “and with the help of the most unselfish woman willing to carry twins for us, we’ll be able to make our baby dreams come true.”

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