Jelly Roll and his wife, Bunnie XO, have been married for eight years, and they have had quite the whirlwind romance. After meeting in 2015, Jelly, whose real name is Jason Bradley DeFord, explained that the now-podcaster reached out to him, and they began dating. Within a year, Jelly popped the question, and the two were married that same night in Las Vegas.
Since then, the couple has been transparent about their open relationship, and in June, Jelly and Bunnie announced on an episode of her “Dumb Blonde Podcast” that they’re trying to have a baby via IVF. “God Willing — Baby DeFord 2026,” Bunnie wrote in an Instagram post. Here's a look back at Jelly and Bunnie's love story.
How did Jelly Roll and Bunnie XO meet? Jelly and Bunnie met when she went to Las Vegas Country Saloon where he was performing in 2015, he wrote on Instagram in 2022 . The two have been open about Bunnie working as an escort when they met. In a 2020 podcast interview on “ King and the Sting and the Wing Clips ,” Jelly recalled that Bunnie had been in an abusive relationship at the time.
“They split and I’m not gonna act like I shot my shot. She shot hers,” he said. He explained that they had mutual friends, and when Bunnie and her previous boyfriend broke up, she’d reached out to him.
Jelly said Bunnie offered to let him stay at her Las Vegas home while he was in town for a shoot — he had been living out of his van at the time — and the rest is history. When did Jelly Roll and.