Bunnie Xo Reveals Her 1st Impression of Husband Jelly Roll Back in 2015: ‘What Is This Man?’

Jelly Roll’s wife, Bunnie Xo, was intrigued by nan state vocalist from nan infinitesimal she first laid eyes connected him! The exemplary precocious opened up astir her first belief of her hubby connected nan nighttime they met successful 2015.

“I was like, ‘What is this? What is this man? This large confederate boy,'” Bunnie, 44, whose existent sanction is Alisa DeFord, said connected nan Tuesday, July 9, section of her “Dumb Blonde” podcast.

The podcast big and Jelly, 39, met astatine nan Las Vegas Country Saloon erstwhile he was opening for nan Moonshine Bandits. Bunnie said that nan crowd and nan venue itself were small, and Jelly wasn’t a known creator astatine nan time, which allowed them to connect. She explained that she and her chap concertgoers were “backstage drinking and worldly for illustration that.”

“Nobody moreover knew who he was,” she added. “He was opening for nan Moonshine Bandits. He mightiness person had a small popular successful Nashville, but group connected nan West Coast didn’t cognize who he was. We were location for nan Moonshine Bandits.”

Jelly, whose existent sanction is Jason DeFord, antecedently shared his broadside of nan first brushwood pinch his woman during an quality connected nan “King and nan Sting and nan Wing Clips” podcast successful 2020. The “Son of a Sinner” hitmaker revealed that he and Bunnie talked backstage, but she was successful a narration astatine nan time. However, they kept successful touch via communal friends and sewage together aft she and her fellow collapsed up.

“They split, and I’m not going to enactment for illustration I changeable my shot. She benignant of changeable hers,” Jelly said.

The CMT Music Awards victor revealed that he told Bunnie astir his plans to thrust to Las Vegas to movie euphony video content, and she offered to fto him enactment astatine her home.

“It’s a achromatic trash emotion story,” he joked, adding that he was “broke” and surviving successful his van astatine nan time. “When I hugged her, I could conscionable consciousness nan genuineness of her. I could show it wasn’t an act.”

Jelly and Bunnie exchanged rings successful 2016 and wasted nary clip astatine each getting married. They held a ceremonial that aforesaid time astatine a chapel successful Las Vegas.

“We sewage joined benignant of randomly,” nan “Save Me” vocalist said connected ”King and nan Sting and nan Wing Clips.” “It was Vegas, right? So it’s for illustration 11:00. They’re closing nan associated down by Hard Rock [Cafe] and I’m like, ‘F–k it. Let’s conscionable spell now.’ She’s like, ‘The courthouse is unfastened for astir 34 to 44 much minutes.’ I was like, ‘Let’s f–king roll.’”

Bunnie became a stepmom to Jelly’s daughter, Bailee, 16, and son, Noah, 7, some from erstwhile relationships. The couple, who renewed their vows successful 2023, is besides trying to expand their family via successful vitro fertilization (IVF).

“My woman and I are talking astir having a baby,” Jelly said connected nan “Bussin’ With nan Boys” podcast connected June 4. “And it really made maine recognize that astatine almost 40, I was like, it intends I sewage to unrecorded to astatine slightest 60. I sewage to spot this kid into college.”

Bunnie shared a clip from nan podcast connected Instagram and wrote, “We had planned connected doing this privately but decided our IVF travel needed to beryllium shared because we’ve ever been truthful open. And w/ each likelihood stacked against us, it’s already been difficult and we person only conscionable begun. We person been gathering w/ IVF doctors & exploring each our options to adhd to our family.”

The musician continued, “J & I are truthful excited & frightened each astatine nan aforesaid time. We genuinely ne'er thought we’d want to adhd to our family but thing changed this twelvemonth & we some conscionable want a portion of america together to adhd to our already cleanable family w/ Bailee and Noah.”