Perl Converting XML to JSON and JSON back to XML

I'm trying to convert some some XML response data to JSON retrieved through an API call for the front-end to use. As my Web Application client and server communicates using JSON, however I have needed to make use of a third party API which uses XML for response and message HTTP API communication. Can't seem to find a Perl XML to JSON module that yields i deal output of the XML to JSON conversion below. I've used XML::XML2JSON and XML::Hash then converted it to JSON but both that adds $t/$text for text attributes, result: "Status": {$t: "OK"}, my application expects "Status": "OK" as the format of JSON.

Sample XML:

<Response>
  <Status>OK</Status> 
  <Job>
    <ID>J000309</ID> 
    <Name>job name</Name> 
    <Description>description of job</Description> 
    <State>Planned</State> 
    <ClientOrderNumber />
    <Type>Website Development</Type> 
    <StartDate>2008-08-29T00:00:00</StartDate> 
    <DueDate>2008-09-29T00:00:00</DueDate> 
    <InternalID>234234234</InternalID>
    <CompletedDate>2008-09-29T00:00:00</CompletedDate> 
    <Client>
      <ID>307</ID> 
      <Name>The Health Company</Name> 
    </Client>
    <Contact>
      <ID>267</ID> 
      <Name>Shelley Brio</Name> 
    </Contact>
  </Job>
</Response>

Perl XML2JSOn module output.

{
  "Response": {
    "Status": {"$t": "OK"},
    "Job": {
      "ID": {"$t": "J000309"},
      "Name": {"$t": "job name}",
      "Contact": {
        "ID": {"$t": "267"},
        "Name": {"$t": "Shelley Brio"}
      }
    }
  }
}

The ideal output is:

{
  "Response": {
    "Status": "OK",
    "Job": {
      "ID": "J000309",
      "Name": "job name",
      "Description": "description of job",
      "State": "Planned",
      "Type": "Website Development",
      "StartDate": "2008-08-29T00:00:00",
      "DueDate": "2008-09-29T00:00:00",
      "InternalID": "234234234",
      "CompletedDate": "2008-09-29T00:00:00",
      "Client": {
        "ID": "307",
        "Name": "The Health Company"
      },
      "Contact": {
        "ID": "267",
        "Name": "Shelley Brio"
      }
    }
  }
}

Because the 'ideal output' is the format the JSON is passed back to the server (through a POST request) the JSON to XML conversion fails as its formatted incorrect.