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Jelly Roll and his wife Bunnie Xo are experiencing "baby fever" amid their journey to welcome a baby together
During the Wednesday, January 28, episode of Netflix's Star Search, the country music star opened up about he and his wife's emotions toward children after seeing an 8-year-old aerialist perform
Jelly Roll and Bunnie Xo tied the knot in 2016
Jelly Rolland hiswife Bunnie Xoare experiencing "baby fever" amid their journey to welcome their own baby.
During the Wednesday, January 28, episode of Netflix'sStar Search,the country music star, 41, opened up about how he and his wife, 45, are experiencing baby fever while he commented on aerialist Kaylen Fairchild's, 8, performance.
"First of all, you are just the cutest little nugget I've ever seen in my life," he said. "Me and my wife have baby fever, and you just tripled that tonight."
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Bunnie Xo and the "Wild Ones" singer have been open abouttrying to expand their family, including their experience with in vitro fertilization (IVF). In a video shared toher Instagramback in June, the podcast host revealed that she had a "huge win" after getting a phone call related to her IVF journey. Bunnie Xo, whose real name is Alyssa DeFord, was emotional as she received the call in the short clip.
"When you just got the call you've been waiting on for 5 months since this ivf journey started," she wrote. "All the tears, the hopelessness & the struggle, God finally said, 'Here.' 😭."
In the comments of her post, Bunnie Xo clarified that she isn't pregnant yet, but has taken a step forward in her journey. "This is not a pregnancy announcement - we won't announce that," she said. "This is just a huge win for us 🙏🏻🤍💫✨."
During a November episode of herDumb Blondepodcast, Bunnie Xo spoke with guestMaury Povichabout his and wifeConnie Chung's attempts to get pregnant — and how they ultimately decided to adopt children.
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"We went through the same stuff that you and Jelly Roll have gone through," Povich told her. "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."
Eventually, theMauryhost andCBS Evening Newsanchor decided to adopt their children because they "couldn't do it"—and Povich added that the decision was "the best" he could have made. Bunnie Xo acknowledged that the process of trying to get pregnant has not been easy.
"It is tough, but at the same time it's like, you just put it in God's hands," she shared. "If it's meant to be, it's meant to be. And if not, we can always adopt," she said. "I'm totally open to adoption too, and so is my husband."
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While this would be Bunnie Xo and Jelly Roll's first baby together, she's is also stepmom to her musician husband's two kids, Bailee Ann, 17, and Noah Buddy, 8.
Back in March, Bunnie Xo posted aTikTokvideo and shared another update on her and Jelly Roll's road to parenthood. The stepmom of two shared at the time that she's actively undergoing IVF treatments.
"I'm literally going through IVF treatments right now — the hormones, the shots, all that," she said. "I'm going through all of the emotions, the rollercoaster, [and] the worry, just so that I can have a little piece of my husband and me — just a little piece wrapped in skin— to just add to the other two beautiful children that we have together."
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