Having a sound issue.

I turned my Macbook on today and eventually found myself at iTunes, picked a song, hit the volume button and something strange happened.
When I hit the volume button it comes up as full bars, and I cannot change it from that, it also has a slashed out circle underneath of it.
I plugged headphones in to see if they would work, and they did, but as I unplugged them I saw that there is a red light in the headphone input jack.
Any help would be great, not sure how this happened, it was working fine just yesterday.
Thanks

Hey Pez and welcome to the forum -
A switch is stuck inside the jack. Some users have had success turning it off with a toothpick. If you feel uncomfortable with this procedure, you should take it to an Apple Store for fixing this. -GDF

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