Bunnie Xo Said She Knew She Could ‘Crush Mom Role’ After Raising Jelly Roll’s Daughter Before Split (Exclusive)

Bunnie Xo opened up about her journey to motherhood months before her separation from husband Jelly Roll.

“I just want women to know it doesn’t matter what age you are when you’re ready to be a mom, be a mom and when you’re able to be a mom, be the best mom that you can be,” Bunnie, 46, exclusively told Us Weekly in January. “God, you know, gave me Bailee to do a run-through to make sure because my biggest fear was that I was always going to inflict trauma on my child like my parents did to me.”

Jelly Roll, 41, welcomed daughter Bailee, 18, and son Noah, 9, before marrying Bunnie in 2016. (The country singer has primary custody of Bailee, whom Bunnie helped raise throughout her relationship with Jelly Roll.)

“I never wanted to have kids, and raising Bailee has really showed me that, ‘Hey, maybe I actually can do this,’” Bunnie told Us. “Granted, you know, everybody gets some sort of trauma in their life, whether it’s on purpose or not, but I think I might be able to crush this mom role, and to be able to do it with my husband is going to be really amazing.”

At the time, Bunnie and Jelly Roll were undergoing in vitro fertilization (IVF) treatments to expand their family.

“We are keeping it very close to our chest,” Bunnie teased to Us of her fertility journey. “I always say, repeatedly, that the world loves to ruin beautiful things. … So, we’re excited.”

Nearly five months later, Us confirmed on Monday, June 15, that Jelly Roll filed for divorce from Bunnie after 10 years of marriage. Per the divorce docs, the pair separated last month.

“The husband would respectfully show unto the court that these parties are unable to live together successfully as Husband and Wife,” the court documents read. “Plaintiff charges that the parties have suffered irreconcilable differences as would entitle either of them to a divorce in the event they execute a Marital Dissolution Agreement that provides for an equitable division of the parties’ assets and apportions responsibility for payment of the parties’ debt.”

While neither Jelly Roll nor Bunnie have publicly addressed their breakup, Bailee addressed the situation in a candid social media video.

“I am disgusted at how invested everyone is in a very clearly private family matter. It’s fkn crazy,” she wrote via TikTok in a video published Tuesday, June 16. “Go on somewhere y’all. Worry ‘bout your house — not mine. I’m not speaking on it — yet.”