'It changed everything': Jelly Roll opens up about the day he found out he became a father

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: Jelly Roll shares the moment that changed his life, quite literally. "Man, the single most impactful event of my entire life was having my daughter," he said in a recent interview.

"It changed everything," said Jelly Roll to People, adding "Being a father is so important to me, and just being as present as I can for her. I compare it to the Christian scripture of when Saul turned into Paul on the Damascus Road. It was kind of that moment for me."

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The country music singer is a proud father to Bailee Ann, 15, and son Noah Buddy, seven. The artist also got his face tattooed with the names of his children.

"She picks on me about it all the time. Now she makes fun of me," Jelly Roll shared, adding "She's like, 'How did my brother get your face and I got the side of the head?'"

"I used to rock the undercut, and if I shave the side of my head, you see it. It's huge. I mean, it takes the whole side of my head up," he added.

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The 39-year-old visited his daughter’s school recently, "I was like, 'Dude, all I've heard since I was here was how incredibly young I look and they can't believe I'm your dad,' " he shared with the outlet.

"She said ... she didn't skip a beat. I'm not sh------ you. She said, 'That's funny, because all I heard was how you look too old to make the music you make.' I was like, 'Oh,'" he added.

Jelly Roll also believes that his career's success only followed because of Bailee amid his three-win sweep at the 2023 CMT Music Awards.

He told ET, “She knows the story. She knows how real it is. I’m just proud of her," he said.

“I love you, Bailee Ann, so much. I thought about it the moment I walked off stage. You’ve changed my life in so many ways. But it’s just unreal. This is bigger than just a single award for us. We came from nothing," he added.