Todd and Julie Chrisley One Year After Prison: Where Are They Now?

Todd and Julie Chrisley One Year After Prison: Where Are They Now?

A year ago, the Chrisley family was scattered. Todd was sitting in Federal Prison Camp Pensacola in Florida. Julie was at Federal Medical Center in Lexington, Kentucky. Their kids were holding everything together back home, trying to keep life moving without their parents. Today, that chapter is firmly behind them — and if you know Todd Chrisley at all, you already know he came out the other side with his personality completely intact.

Todd and Julie Chrisley

When Todd finally got to shower without shoes on for the first time in over two years, he told ABC News it felt "almost like your first sexual encounter — that good." Classic Todd.

The Pardon That Changed Everything

Todd, 57, and Julie Chrisley were convicted back in 2022 on charges of bank fraud and tax evasion, with Todd originally sentenced to 12 years and Julie to seven. They maintained their innocence throughout. After serving just 28 months, President Donald Trump pardoned both of them, and they walked free in May 2025.

According to E! News, daughter Savannah Chrisley noted on her Unlocked podcast just days after her dad's release that he had not lost even a single ounce of his famous personality. "He is still as spunky as ever," she said.

And Todd himself, reflecting on that moment on the April premiere of his Two Sons and Me podcast — which he co-hosts with sons Chase, 29, and Grayson, 20 — put it simply: "A year ago, we were all sitting around, hearts broken, not knowing if this was ever going to happen again. And look at where we are today."

Jumping Back Into the Spotlight

Neither Todd nor Julie wasted any time getting back to work. While they were still behind bars, Savannah had already signed the family up for a new Lifetime reality series. The deal was announced by Deadline just days before the couple were pardoned, and cameras were rolling almost immediately on The Chrisleys: Back to Reality, which followed their return home.

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Then came The Masked Singer. Todd and Julie competed on the show as the Croissants — a costume choice Todd told Variety was a quiet tribute to Savannah's late ex-fiancé Nic Kerdiles, who was French. After their elimination in January, Todd told Gold Derby he had deliberately chosen to perform "Jailhouse Rock" as a way of getting ahead of the jokes before anyone else could make them. Very Todd.

Julie, meanwhile, told The Tamron Hall Show that being back on television felt both like forever ago and like yesterday at the same time. She also shared with E! News that she has a cooking show in development, possibly featuring a twist on prison food, along with a project she is building with Savannah. Todd has hinted at something brewing in the UK as well, though details remain vague.

Still Healing, Still Rebuilding

After their release, the couple moved into Savannah's Nashville home while they figure out their next steps. Todd told People in August that they are considering eventually relocating back to their native South Carolina, depending on how upcoming production projects fall into place. The bigger dream, he shared with ABC News, is to buy a mansion in the Palmetto State and turn it into a hotel — with a show built around the process.

Their podcast Chrisley Confessions 2.0 relaunched just 49 days after what Todd jokingly called his "extended vacation" ended. In May, youngest son Grayson made his debut on the pod after finishing another semester at the University of Alabama, cracking that he was "living the dream, one nightmare at a time."

On the May 18 episode of Two Sons and Me, Todd had a piece of advice for his boys that felt like it came from somewhere real: "Enjoy your moments. Because those are fleeting."

The Family Pieces That Are Still Coming Together

Not everything snapped back into place the moment Todd and Julie came home. Eldest daughter Lindsie Chrisley, 36, Todd's daughter from his first marriage to Teresa Terry, remains estranged from her father and her siblings. She confirmed in April 2025 that the distance is mutual and without bitterness, saying on Cate and Ty Break It Down podcast that they simply do not serve each other in each other's lives right now. After the pardon was announced, though, she did post on Instagram Stories: "With God all things are possible." Small, but something.

Kyle Chrisley, Todd's eldest son who appeared only briefly on the family's reality series, told E! News around the time of the pardon that he was staying hopeful about another reconciliation. "I know they can't wait to get home and just be with family," he said.

Chloe, 13, Todd and Julie's adopted daughter who was originally born to Kyle and his ex Angela Johnson, was reportedly still in shock when the pardon came through. Savannah said on a May 2025 episode of News Nation that Chloe did not want to get her hopes up in case something went wrong. Savannah and Grayson had both been under her guardianship throughout the prison period — a season that clearly brought the three of them closer together in ways that no reality show script could have written.

Grateful and Not Taking a Single Day for Granted

There is something in the way Todd talks now that feels slightly different from the version of him that used to glide through life on cameras. Not less funny. Not less bold. Just a little more aware.

"So many people that go through what we have gone through, their whole world is shattered," he told Variety in January. "We were blessed that that didn't happen to us." He called this past year a humbling season, one that introduced them to families they never would have crossed paths with otherwise — and he said he does not take a single day of it for granted.

One year out of prison, Todd and Julie Chrisley are podcasting, planning television projects, raising their kids, and doing what they have always done best — being very, very loud about it.

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