Jelly Roll and Bunnie XO Split After Nearly 10 Years and Their Tennessee Farm May Be the Biggest Casualty
Jelly Roll filed for divorce from Bunnie XO on May 18, 2026, quietly, in Williamson County, Tennessee. No press release, no Instagram post. Just court records citing irreconcilable differences.
TMZ broke the story June 15. By the next morning, a moving truck from Music City Movers was parked outside their Franklin, TN home.
Two Properties, One Very Complicated Split
Their Nashville-area home isn’t just any house. The couple purchased it via a trust for $6.2 million in November 2023. The property spans nearly 7,700 square feet, five bedrooms, 6.5 bathrooms, a five-car garage, resort-style pool, and sits on close to 10 acres behind a gated driveway.
Neighbors told TMZ it was the first time they’d seen movers there. Celebrity real estate transactions at this level come with layers most people don’t see, as the history behind Gene Hackman’s former Los Angeles mansion shows.
Then there’s the farm. In August 2024, they purchased a 500-acre property in Burns, Tennessee for $4.5 million, with multiple trails, two year-round creeks, and a working animal farm they built together.
In November 2025, Jelly Roll added an adjacent 18.5-acre parcel for another $500,000.
Total farm investment: $5 million. Both purchased during the marriage. Both now marital property under Tennessee law.
What Tennessee Law Actually Says
Tennessee is an equitable distribution state, not community property. That means a judge divides assets fairly, not automatically 50/50.
Everything bought during the marriage goes on the table, including both properties. Jelly Roll’s music catalogue and Bunnie’s podcast company likely stay separate, since they were individually built. But the real estate? Fully subject to division under T.C.A. § 36-4-121.
And here’s what most people get wrong. Jelly Roll’s publicly admitted affair from 2018 has zero legal effect on property division in Tennessee. Fault doesn’t move assets. It can influence alimony, but not the split of land or homes.
The Farm Was Never Just an Investment
In 2024, Jelly Roll shared an emotional video explaining why he bought the 500-acre farm. It was a tribute to his late father, Buddy DeFord, who died of cancer in 2019. His dad always told him: “Buy dirt, they’re never gonna make no more of it.”
Jelly Roll stood on that land as the new owner and broke down crying. It’s not the first time a celebrity has poured personal meaning into a property purchase, Olivia Culpo did the same when she renovated a $14.5 million George Clooney mansion for her newborn.
A court will appraise that farm at market value. It won’t price the memory behind it. That’s the part this story doesn’t get enough attention for.
Why This Matters
Tennessee farmland isn’t sitting still. According to USDA data analyzed by LandBoss, Tennessee farm real estate values rose 7.7% in 2025, second highest in the nation. Williamson County, where their Nashville home sits, sees median land prices around $175,000 per acre.
The $6.2 million home they bought in 2023 has very likely appreciated. The $5 million farm portfolio in Burns could be worth considerably more today.
High-value deals in today’s market are more fragile than they look, something Ryan Serhant learned the hard way on a $50 million NYC penthouse.
Whoever walks away with these properties is walking away with serious long-term value, not just a celebrity headline. For a deeper look at the full property breakdown, Realtor.com has covered it in detail here.
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What Happens Next
Three realistic outcomes: one party buys the other out, both properties sell and proceeds split per court order, or they negotiate privately, keeping the farm with one and selling the Nashville home.
Sources close to the couple say the split is mutual and being handled privately. Co-parenting of Jelly Roll’s children, Bailee Ann (18) and Noah (9), will continue.
At the 2026 Grammy Awards in February, just three months before the separation, Jelly Roll won Best Contemporary Country Album and said on stage: “I would have never changed my life without you. I would have ended up dead or in jail.”
Bunnie posted “She’s getting her sparkle back” on Instagram hours before the divorce news broke publicly.
Whatever the court decides about the land, she’s clearly already decided about herself.
What do you think, should Bunnie walk away with the farm or does Jelly Roll keep it? Drop your take in the comments below.
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