3S.  BREAKING NEWS: Jelly Roll won three Grammys—but plans to give one away to the place that once held him ⚡

Jelly Roll waited a lifetime for his first Grammy moment.

When it finally came at the 2026 Grammy Awards, it arrived all at once—three trophies in a single night. For most artists, that would mean carefully arranging shelf space, securing display cases, and cementing legacy.

Jelly Roll had a different plan.

According to his wife, Bunnie XO, he doesn’t intend to keep all three Grammys for himself. One of them, she revealed, is already spoken for—and it’s headed somewhere few Grammy trophies ever go.

“He’s going to give one to the juvenile [detention center] in Nashville,” Bunnie told Entertainment Tonight, referring to the Davidson County Juvenile Detention Center.

It’s the same place where Jelly Roll spent much of his youth.
The same place where he celebrated three birthdays
The same place tied to the version of his life mos

Bunnie explained that Jelly wants to donate the award to the young people there—to give them something tangible.

“A little inspiration,” she said. “Let them have a Grammy to themselves.”

Then she added quietly, “That’s my husband. That’s what he does.”

The idea reframes the night entirely.

The Grammys weren’t just a career milestone—they became a full-circle moment. A physical symbol of what’s possible, placed inside a building designed to contain potential rather than nurture it.

Not all the trophies are leaving home, though.

Bunnie made that clear with a laugh.

“I’m getting one for sure,” she said. “Because I feel like I earned it. Teamwork makes the dream work, baby.”

Behind the humor was truth. The journey wasn’t solo. It never was.

On Grammy night, Jelly Roll took home three awards:
• Best Country Duo/Group Performance for “Amen” with Shaboozey
• Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song for “Hard Fought Hallelujah” with Brandon Lake
• Best Contemporary Country Album for Beautifully Broken

It was the album win that put him onstage during the main broadcast—and nearly undone by nerves.

Bunnie recalled sitting next to him before the announcement.

“He said, ‘Baby, I’m not going to win this. Kelsea’s going to win this,’” she shared, referencing fellow nominee Kelsea Ballerini.

Then the anxiety crept in.

“If I win, I didn’t write a speech,” he admitted.

Bunnie wasn’t worried.

“I said, ‘Baby, you’re a freestyler. You know what to do.’”

His answer?

“I just have so much Jesus in me.”

Her response was simple.

“Tell it. Tell it from the mountaintops.”

And that’s exactly what he did.

Standing on the Grammy stage, Jelly Roll stripped the moment down to its core. No polish. No distance.

“There was a moment in my life that all I had was a Bible this big and a radio the same size in a six-by-eight-foot cell,” he told the crowd. “And I believed those two things could change my life.”

Then he went further—beyond music, beyond awards.

“Jesus is for everybody,” he said. “Jesus is not owned by one political party. Jesus is Jesus, and anybody can have a relationship with him.”

It wasn’t a victory speech.

It was a testimony.

Even now, Bunnie says, the journey isn’t finished.

“It’s never a destination,” she explained. “When you stop living and learning, you’re not evolving.”

That perspective makes the Grammy donation make sense.

For Jelly Roll, success isn’t about keeping proof.
It’s about passing possibility forward.

And sometimes, the most powerful place for a trophy isn’t a shelf—but a room where someone is still wondering if change is possible.