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Jelly Roll<\/strong><\/a> has crossed the Thin Blue Line \u2014 the \u201cSon of a Sinner\u201d singer is now a Michigan cop.<\/p>\n \u201cNever in his life did he think he would become a deputy!\u201d a source exclusively tells Life & Style<\/em>.<\/p>\n The recovering drug addict \u2014 who was arrested nearly 40 times<\/a> during a misspent youth that put him behind bars on and off for about a decade \u2014 was sworn in at the Genesee County Jail after bankrolling a new recording studio at the facility to help rehabilitate inmates.<\/p>\n The Nashville heavyweight<\/a>, whose real name is Jason DeFord, has credited music for helping him change his troubled life.<\/p>\n And when Sheriff Christopher Swanson<\/strong> pinned a bona fide badge on the 39-year-old \u201cSave Me\u201d singer, the lawman proclaimed, \u201cNow that\u2019s second chances<\/a>!\u201d<\/p>\n The insider says Jelly Roll was humbled by the honor \u2014 as he\u2019s still recognized as a felon in his home state of Tennessee for a teenage robbery conviction.<\/p>\n \u201cJelly really believed at one point he was destined to spend the rest of his life in prison,\u201d the friend says. \u201cHe\u2019s turned his life around \u2014 and he\u2019s trying to help other convicts do the same now.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n