Jelly Roll<\/strong><\/a> and Bunnie Xo<\/strong><\/a> spent more than a year publicly chronicling their fertility journey before their nearly 10-year marriage came to a shocking and public end<\/a>.<\/p>\n The couple, who married in 2016, revealed in June 2024 that they were pursuing IVF with the assistance of a surrogate in an effort to expand their family. Nearly two years later, Jelly Roll filed for divorce in May 2026, per court documents obtained by Us Weekly<\/i>.<\/p>\n The filing listed the date of separation as May 9, 2026 and cited \u201cirreconcileable differences,\u201d as the reason for the split, claiming the \u201cparties are unable to live together successfully as Husband and Wife.\u201d<\/p>\n Jelly Roll and Bunnie met in 2015 and got married in August 2016, later renewing their vows in 2023. (Jelly Roll also shares two children \u2014 Bailee Ann<\/a> and Noah Buddy \u2014 from previous relationships.)<\/p>\n Look back at Jelly Roll and Bunnie\u2019s candid quotes about their fertility journey:<\/p>\n Jelly Roll first shared the couple\u2019s family-expansion plans during a June 2024 episode of the \u201cBussin\u2019 With the Boys\u201d podcast.<\/p>\n \u201cMy wife and I are talking about having a baby, and it really made me realize that at almost 40, I was like, it means I got to live to at least 60. I got to see this kid into college,\u201d Jelly Roll said, referencing the 300 pounds he had lost since late 2022.<\/p>\n Shortly after the episode aired, Bunnie addressed the announcement herself.<\/p>\n \u00a0\u201cPapabear dropped a surprise on this pod today. We had planned on doing this privately, but decided our IVF journey needed to be shared because we\u2019ve always been so open,\u201d she wrote. \u201cAnd w\/all odds stacked against us, it\u2019s always been hard & we have only just begun.\u201d<\/p>\n On a July 2024 episode of her \u201cDumb Blonde\u201d podcast, Bunnie opened up about why she would not carry the baby herself.<\/p>\n \u201cThis journey with IVF, we sat down a couple months ago,\u201d she said at the time<\/span><\/a>. \u201cAnd I was just like, I feel like I\u2019ve accomplished so much in my life. And the only thing that\u2019s left is to raise a baby and garden.\u201d<\/p>\n She continued, \u201cJ was like \u2026 \u2018I would love to have a baby with you.\u2019 And that was not the response that I thought he would say.\u201d<\/p>\n Bunnie explained that she decided to use a gestational career because of mental health concerns and a history of pregnancy loss.<\/p>\n \u201cI am not mentally well enough to let my hormones get out of whack. \u2026 I have gotten to a place where I\u2019m even-keeled. My anxiety is finally good,\u201d she noted. \u201cThere is nothing wrong with having a surrogate. I would have trouble carrying a baby. I have lost many babies, you know. \u2026 My schedule does not allow for me to \u2026 have another miscarriage or ectopic pregnancy.\u201d<\/p>\n At the time, the then-couple said they did not plan on implanting embryos until February 2025.<\/p>\n In her memoir Stripped Down: Unfiltered and Unapologetic<\/i>, released in February 2025, Bunnie wrote about having an abortion at 16 and two life-saving abortions to treat ectopic pregnancies.<\/p>\n \u201cJ and I have a surrogate, the sweetest woman ever, and soon I\u2019ll be starting my IVF stims,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n One month earlier, Bunnie told People <\/i>that IVF was \u201cone of the hardest things\u201d <\/span><\/a>she\u2019s been through.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s been rough,\u201d she told the outlet. \u201cI know that God has a plan and he\u2019s going to make it work.\u201d<\/p>\n Jelly Roll echoed the sentiment during a of Netflix\u2019s Star Search<\/i>, telling an 8-year-old contestant<\/span><\/a>, in January 2025, \u201cMe and my wife have baby fever, and you just tripled that tonight.\u201d<\/p>\n By June 2025, Bunnie shared on Instagram that the couple had received positive news.<\/p>\n \u201cWhen you just got the call you\u2019ve been waiting on for five months since this IVF journey started. All the tears, the hopelessness & the struggle, God finally said \u2018Here,’\u201d she wrote, clarifying she was not pregnant, but noted the call was a \u201chuge win.\u201d<\/p>\n Bunnie later reflected on the process during a November 2025 episode of her podcast.<\/p>\n \u00a0\u201cIt is tough, but at the same time it\u2019s like, you just put it in God\u2019s hands<\/span><\/a>. If it\u2019s meant to be it\u2019s meant to be,\u201d she said. \u201cAnd if not, we can always adopt. I\u2019m totally open to adoption too and so is my husband.\u201d<\/p>\n Bunnie, who had helped Jelly Roll raise his daughter upon the pair\u2019s marriage, eventually realized that she could conquer motherhood.<\/p>\nJelly Roll and Bunnie Xo Announced IVF Plans<\/b><\/h2>\n
Jelly Roll and Bunnie Xo Planned to Use a Surrogate<\/b><\/h2>\n
Bunnie Xo and Jelly Roll Gave Updates Throughout 2025<\/b><\/h2>\n
Raising Jelly Roll\u2019s Daughter Helped Bunnie Xo Realize She Could be a Mom<\/b><\/h2>\n
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