Jelly Roll, 41, says he and wife Bunnie Xo, 46, have 'baby fever'... as they continue their year-long IVF journey
Jelly Roll and his wife Bunnie Xo have been trying to expand their family with a baby of their own.For Jelly Roll, 41 - who is already co-parenting his two kids from previous relationships with his podcaster wife - that yearning got a little louder during the January 28 episode of Netflix's Star Search.The country music star was moved to make a personal statement after watching eight-year-old aerialist and gymnast Kaylen Fairchild perform, as reported by People.'First of all, you are just the cutest little nugget I’ve ever seen in my life,' he gushed. 'Me and my wife have baby fever, and you just tripled that tonight.'Country music's most transparent and unconventional couple have been forthcoming about their desire to have a child together and their sometimes torturous IVF journey.Bunnie, 46 – who previously revealed a terrifying underage hitchhiking experience with an older man - announced in a video posted to Instagram in June that she had received good news. Jelly Roll and wife Bunnie Xo have been yearning to expand their family with a baby of their own; pictured in May 2024 The country star - pictured in September 2024 - was moved to admit that watching eight-year-old aerialist and gymnast Kaylen Fairchild perform on Netflix's Star Search on January 28 'just tripled' that 'baby fever''When you just got the call you've been waiting on for 5 months since this ivf journey started,’ she shared. ‘All the tears, the hopelessness & the struggle, God finally said, "Here."'Bunnie added in the comments, 'This is not a pregnancy announcement - we won't announce that,' but stressed, 'This is just a huge win for us,' followed by a string of prayer, white heart and star emojis.She previously spoke about the emotional and physical challenges of her and Jelly Roll’s IVF journey during an episode of her Dumb Blonde podcast in November.TV personality Maury Povich, now 87, had described his and wife Connie Chung’s efforts to have a baby years ago and how they eventually opted to adopt a baby boy in 1995, adding that it was 'the best' decision.'We went through the same stuff that you and Jelly Roll have gone through,' Povich said. 'We tried to get pregnant. I'm telling you, this is over 30 years ago. So, Connie had to take time off from CBS and it became a big story that we were trying to get pregnant.''It is tough, but at the same time it's like, you just put it in God's hands,' Bunnie responded. 'If it's meant to be, it's meant to be. And if not, we can always adopt.'She added: 'I'm totally open to adoption too, and so is my husband.'Bunnie is already stepmom to Jelly Roll’s two kids, Bailee Ann, 17, and Noah, eight. Country music's most transparent couple have been forthcoming about their often torturous IFV journey that began in June of last year; pictured in May 2025 Jelly Roll's candid statement on the streaming giant's talent competition reboot comes amid his now 300-pound weight loss; pictured on January 20 The musician recently shared that losing all that weight has made him 'a better father' to his kids Bailey Ann, now 17, and Noah, eight; pictured together in July 2024In a video posted on TikTok March 4, Bunnie described the IVF process as 'rollercoaster,' per E! News.'I'm literally going through IVF treatments right now, the hormones, the shots, all that, going through all of the emotions, the rollercoaster, the worry, just so that I can have a little piece of my husband and me,' she shared.'Just a little piece wrapped in skin to add to the other two beautiful children that we have together.'Writing on her Instagram Stories, Bunnie told her followers: 'J and I are SO excited & scared all at the same time.'We genuinely never thought we'd want to add to our family but something changed this year. We both just want a piece of us together to add to our already perfect family w/ Bailee and Noah.'The couple began their IVF process last year amid Jelly Roll’s massive weight loss, which has allowed him to be more involved in the lives of two children he already has.Jelly Roll once crunched the scales at 540 but shed hundreds of pounds after focusing on his health.Now down to 265 pounds, Jelly Roll told Extra how much he’s changed and he’s even coaching his son’s basketball team, something he could never imagine doing when he was massively overweight. In March 2025, Bunnie Xo shared on her Dumb Blonde podcast that she's 'literally going through IVF treatments right now... , the hormones, the shots, all that... just so that I can have a little piece of my husband and me''Everyway. Spiritually. I've gotten closer to God, I've gotten closer to myself, I'm a better father,' he told the outlet at the premiere of Netflix's Star Search. 'I'm more present with my children. You should see it, dude. I mean, I'm coaching my son's basketball team this year.'They're kids, so I'm not coaching like a competitive team or anything here, but... I just feel physically better, and I feel like I can physically do, when you're 550 pounds, you wonder if they have a seat big enough for you somewhere, you know what I mean?' he said.'You definitely don't think about trying to coach a team. You wonder if there's a bench you can sit on, you know?'So, it's like for God to just even make that big of a difference, to have the weight off, literally the weight, 300 pounds, I'm a whole different human.'
