Jelly Roll Says He and Wife Bunnie Xo Are Feeling ‘Baby Fever’ While Growing Their Family

Jelly Roll and his wife Bunnie Xo are not shy about saying it out loud: they have full‑blown baby fever and are actively trying to grow their family. After years of sharing the highs and lows of their fertility journey with fans, the couple is now talking openly about what it would mean to welcome a child together and how far they are willing to go to make that happen. Their plans mix medical science, raw honesty and a very public kind of hope.

Behind the playful “baby fever” label is a serious, carefully managed process that includes in vitro fertilization, talk of surrogacy and a lot of emotional heavy lifting. For Jelly Roll, who is already a dad of two, and for Bunnie, who has long said she is ready to be a parent, this next chapter is about more than adding another little DeFord to the house. It is about rewriting their own stories in real time, with millions of people watching.

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The moment they owned their “baby fever”

When Jelly Roll finally said out loud that he and Bunnie Xo have “baby fever,” it was less a surprise and more a confirmation of what fans had watched building for months. He acknowledged that he and his wife are actively trying to expand their family and framed it as a natural next step in a relationship that has already weathered fame, touring and his own health struggles, a point he underscored while talking about being in a more even emotional place and feeling ready for the responsibility of another child, as he explained in a candid podcast. That admission, delivered in his usual unfiltered style, instantly turned a private wish into a public storyline.

The couple’s shared excitement has been echoed across multiple conversations, with Jelly Roll and Bunnie Xo described as experiencing “baby fever” in coverage that tracks their ongoing effort to expand their family. Reports detailing how Jelly Roll and Bunnie Xo are navigating this phase emphasize that the phrase is not just a cute caption but a reflection of a serious plan to welcome a baby together. That plan, as later sections of their story make clear, is rooted in medical treatment, emotional resilience and a willingness to let fans in on the messy parts.

Inside their IVF and surrogacy game plan

Long before the “baby fever” sound bites, Jelly Roll and Bunnie Xo had already committed to a structured fertility path built around IVF and the possibility of surrogacy. The pair have said they “decided our IVF journey needed to be shared,” opening up about egg retrievals, hormone shots and the decision to work with a surrogate as part of their plan to welcome babies together, a process detailed in reporting on their fertility journey. They have been clear that this is not a quick fix but a year‑long process that has required patience and a thick skin.

Bunnie Xo has also celebrated specific milestones along the way, calling one recent development a “huge win” in their in vitro fertilization process and sharing that she and Jelly Roll were thrilled to see progress after so many medical appointments and anxious waits, a moment captured in coverage of their IVF progress. At the same time, she has been frank about how fragile the situation can feel, describing the emotional whiplash of good news followed by new uncertainties in updates that trace how Bunnie Xo and are balancing hope with caution.

Bunnie Xo’s road to “ready to be a parent”

For Bunnie Xo, the desire to have a child has been shaped by some very real medical scares. She has spoken about experiencing two ectopic pregnancies in the past, a complication that medical experts like Jennifer Ashton have described as “incredibly rare and dangerous” in conversations on Good Morning America. Those experiences help explain why she has leaned toward IVF and surrogacy and why she has been so open about the emotional toll of trying again after loss.

Despite that history, Bunnie has made it clear that she is “ready to be a parent,” a sentiment she has repeated in social media posts and interviews that track her shift from fear to determination. She has shared candid updates about how she and Jelly Roll are handling each new round of treatment, including a detailed look at their IVF process that was later highlighted in a candid update. In that same spirit, she has also embraced the language of “baby fever” herself, joking about manifesting “Baby DeFord 2026” while still acknowledging that nothing about their path is guaranteed.

Jelly Roll’s evolving role as a dad

Part of what makes this next chapter so compelling is that Jelly Roll is not approaching fatherhood as a first‑timer. He is already a dad of two, with his oldest child, daughter Bailee Ann, and his son Noah Buddy, both of whom he talks about with a mix of pride and humility in profiles that describe how Jelly Roll, Bailee have grown together. He has said he takes parenting “very seriously,” especially given his own past and the time he spent in jail earlier in life.

That history is never far from the surface when he talks about wanting another child. Jelly Roll, whose real name is Jason DeFord, first broke through with “Son of a Sinner,” a track that leaned heavily on his Tennessee upbringing and his time locked up for drug dealing, a background laid out in coverage of Jelly Roll, Jason a Sinner. Now, when he talks about “doubling down” on fatherhood, he frames it as a chance to keep breaking cycles, a theme that has surfaced in reporting on how Jelly Roll and Bunnie XO see their future family.

Health, honesty and the pressure of doing it in public

Jelly Roll has been unusually blunt about how his own body has affected this journey. He has admitted that his weight made it difficult to get “aroused,” a confession that surfaced in coverage of a TikTok video Bunnie posted and that was later highlighted in a report noting that he is 41 and Bunnie is 46, with the clip clocking in at 0:45. That level of candor about intimacy and health is rare for any couple, let alone one with a massive fan base, but it fits the pattern of how they have handled almost every part of this process.

The emotional side is just as raw. Jelly Roll has talked about reaching a place where his anxiety is “finally good” and he no longer feels weighed down by depression, even though he still has down days, a shift he credited as part of why he feels ready for another baby in a detailed interview. At the same time, both he and Bunnie have acknowledged that IVF can grind a couple down, with one account describing how they have pushed through “tears and shreds of hopelessness” to stay on track.

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