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Jelly Roll<\/a> is feeling himself, and his wife Bunnie Xo<\/a> loves being along for the ride.\n<\/p>\n In an interview with Extra TV<\/a>, Bunnie (real name Alyssa Deford) said the “coolest” part about her husband’s transformation, including him shaving his beard for the first time in 20 years, is “getting to see him look in the mirror and…fall in love with himself” again.\n<\/p>\n The 45-year-old podcaster \u2014 who first revealed that the country music star was ditching his facial hair<\/a> in November, giving fans a full view of his face tattoos<\/a> \u2014 added “because, you know, battling weight and being called memes every day and just living with that burden of the weight on him every day, that takes a toll on somebody’s self-esteem.”\n<\/p>\n Jelly Roll before and after shaving his beard.<\/p>\n Kevin Mazur\/Getty; Jelly Roll\/Instagram8<\/p>\n But now, with the results of his dramatic weight loss, Bunnie Xo said the “Wild Ones” singer, 41, is “getting comments like, ‘You look so hot,’ ‘You look so healthy,’ or ‘I’m so proud of you.’ That just lifts his spirits so much.” It’s exactly how she feels when she gets to watch her significant other’s self-esteem grow.\n<\/p>\n Jelly Roll (whose real name is Jason DeFord) has been on his weight loss journey in recent years, and he reached his goal of dropping 275 lbs<\/a>. \u201cI’m loving my body,\u201d he told Men’s Health<\/a> in a new interview. \u201cThis is a whole new thing for me, y’all, I’ve been imprisoned to a fat suit for 30-something years.\u201d\n<\/p>\n At his heaviest, the musician weighed 540 lbs, and said that obesity and his food addiction left him with a lot of shame.\n<\/p>\n \u201cIt was never-ending sadness,\u201d he shared with the outlet. \u201cAnd anger. I was a prisoner to my own body. Dude, wiping my ass was a problem. Washing myself properly was a problem. Getting in cars. Every decision I made in life had to be based on my weight. If it could hold me, facilitate me, or fit me \u2014 people don\u2019t think about every facet of \u2018I still want to be able to do that and I can\u2019t.\u2019 I was so inspired by that kind of stuff.\u201d\n<\/p>\n Jelly Roll revealing his new look after shaving his facial hair for the first time in 20 years.<\/p>\n Jelly Roll\/Instagram\u00a0<\/p>\n