Jelly Roll's private jet makes emergency landing on way to CMT Awards in Austin, Texas

On Friday, Jelly Roll and his wife Bunnie XO were on their way to Austin, Texas for the 2024 CMT Awards when his private jet had to make an emergency landing due to technical issues.

The country singer, known for songs "Need A Favor" and "Save Me," and his wife have now safely made it to Austin for Sunday night's awards show.

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Bunnie XO, a podcast host and internet personality, documented the couple's travels on her Instagram and TikTok. Afterwards, she described the whole ordeal as "scary" on social media.

On TikTok, Bunnie XO posted a video on Friday with the text, "Our plane we were on just stopped mid-air & turned around for an emergency landing."

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On another post, Bunnie wrote, “When the private jet you’re in just stopped mid-air, turned around & said we had to emergency land because of a malfunction."

“CMT I swear we’re coming,” Bunnie said in the caption.

Bunnie XO posted another video where she asked her husband, "What's happening?"

"The plane just got turned around,' Jelly Roll said. "They said it's an issue with the computer."

"And they want us to get back on it!" she said. Jelly Roll responded, "At least it wasn't the brakes!"

Bunnie responded to commenters on social media, saying, “We’re good baby but that was scary,” and “I get eerily calm under chaos.”

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In a video later posted on her Instagram story, Bunnie posted a video from another flight. "Alright L.A. let's try this again. Austin here we come!" she wrote in the caption.

Jelly Roll is one of the top nominees at the 2024 CMT Awards. He's up for three awards this year: Video of the Year for "Need A Favor," Male Video of the Year and CMT Performance of the Year.

Jelly Roll will also be hitting the stage at the awards show as one of the evening's performers.

Last year, Jelly Roll attended the 2023 CMT as the first awards show of his career. He won three awards, one for Male Video, Breakthrough Male Video and Digital-First Performance.

To watch the 2024 CMT Awards, tune in to CBS on Sunday, April 7 at 7 p.m. CST.