Grammy-nominated country artist Jason Bradley DeFord, known professionally as Jelly Roll, filed for divorce from his wife Alisa DeFord on May 18 in Tennessee, ending a marriage that lasted nearly a decade.
The couple married in August 2016 at a Las Vegas chapel.
Court records obtained by E! News confirmed the filing, though neither party has issued a public statement about the split.
Hours before news of the divorce emerged, Alisa DeFord, who performs under the name Bunnie Xo, shared a message on her Instagram Story that read, “She’s getting her sparkle back,” according to E! News.
The marriage weathered challenges over the years, including a brief separation and reconciliation in 2018.
During a 2025 podcast appearance, Jelly Roll addressed the difficult period after admitting to an affair, calling it “one of the worst moments of my adulthood.”
At the time, he described the couple’s reconciliation as “special” and said they had become “stronger than we could have ever been.”
The divorce comes as the pair had been openly pursuing plans to expand their family through in-vitro fertilization and surrogacy.
In her memoir, “Stripped Down: Unfiltered and Unapologetic,” Bunnie Xo indicated they were finally “stable financially and somewhat emotionally” and discussing their options with a surrogate.
In a June 2024 Instagram post, the couple said that they “both just want a piece of us together to add to our already perfect family.”
The couple’s relationship began in 2015 when they met at the Las Vegas Country Saloon, where Jelly Roll was performing small shows while living in a van.
Bunnie Xo, who hosts the “Dumb Blonde” podcast, later helped him gain custody of his daughter Bailee and supported him through a recent 200-pound weight loss.
In a September TikTok post defending him against online criticism about his weight, she wrote, “He’s always had the same heart. He’s always had the same soul.”
Jelly Roll has two children from previous relationships: 18-year-old Bailee and 9-year-old Noah.
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