Todd Chrisley and Julie Chrisley have shared the secret to their successful marriage with viewers since Chrisley Knows Best debuted in 2014.
Before their reality show, Todd was first married to his high school sweetheart, Teresa Terry from 1990 to 1996. The duo, who called it quits in 1993, share daughter Lindsie and son Kyle.
After their 1996 nuptials, Todd and Julie expanded their family with son Chase, daughter Savannah and son Grayson. The couple faced a major obstacle when Julie was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2012. The South Carolina native underwent a double mastectomy and later entered remission.
Since starring on their own reality show, Todd and Julie have often gushed about their strong bond both on and off screen.
“I was fortunate enough to marry the only woman I’ve ever loved, my best friend, my person that truly gave me the confidence to take on this crazy world and prosper spiritually, emotionally, psychologically and financially, the best mother I could have ever hoped to have for our kids,” the businessman captioned a May 2020 Instagram tribute to his wife.
Scroll down to relive Todd and Julie’s romance:
1996
Todd and Julie got married in 1996 and welcomed their son Chase that same year.
1997
Julie gave birth to their daughter, Savannah, in 1997.
2006
The duo welcomed their last biological child, Grayson, in 2006. Todd later won custody of his granddaughter, Chloe, in 2013 amid his son Kyle’s personal struggles. The couple have raised the little girl themselves ever since.
2014
Todd and Julie’s reality show, Chrisley Knows Best, debuted in 2014, with a focus on their family’s day-to-day life.
2018
In August 2018, Todd and Julie branched out with a podcast titled “Chrisley Confessions.” According to the synopsis, they discuss “faith, family, food, and well, just about everything else” with their listeners and also offer advice.
That same year, Julie credited her husband with convincing her to get the mammogram that caught her breast cancer early. “He never flinched. I truly believe that moment took our relationship to a whole new level,” she told The Tennessean in October 2018.
February 2020
“Still no one I’d rather do this crazy life with but @toddchrisley ! The way you lead our family, love so hard and keep us ALL together is something I marvel in each day! I love you and know the best is yet to come! #happyvalentinesday,” Julie wrote via Instagram.
April 2021
Julie celebrated his husband’s birthday with a sweet Instagram tribute, writing, “Happy Birthday @toddchrisley I am so blessed to be able to celebrate you today! You are the hardest working person I know and I am grateful for the example you have set for our children and so many others. Thank you for all you do for us. Love you. Always and forever #happybirthday #53.”
January 2022
“Today was the birthday of my beauty @juliechrisley , to say in words how blessed we are to have you in our lives isn’t possible so let me just say , Thank you God , we are not deserving of this wonderful woman you have given us but she makes us better each day and hopefully one day we will come close to her greatness. To the moon and back babe, to the moon and back,” Todd captioned a post to Julie via Instagram.
Todd later opened up about when he realized Julie was “The One” for him in an exclusive interview with Us Weekly. “I knew that I was in love with her the moment she walked into my friend’s house: That’s the first night that I met her,” he shared. “And the moment she walked in the room, it’s the only time before and since that anything had ever taken my breath, other than when I walked past a mirror.”
February 2022
During the “Not-So-Newly Married Game” with Us, Todd and Chrisley argued about which one of them told the other “I love you” first.
“No, you did in Mama’s kitchen. Yes, you did,” Todd told Julie at the time. “You tried to get me in bed. And I said, ‘No,’ and then I said, ‘Yes.’ I made her say ‘I love you’ first before I did that ‘cause I didn’t wanna be cheap. I was from the South.”
Julie, for her part, joked, “Well, my memory’s not as good as his. I’m not gonna question it.”
June 2022
After weeks in court, the couple were found guilty of all counts amid their multimillion-dollar fraud lawsuit. “Disappointed in the verdict,” the duo’s lawyer noted in a statement at the time, adding that the Chrisleys were planning to appeal the verdict.
Later that month, the duo opened up about the aftermath of the trial during an episode of their “Chrisley Confessions” podcast. “This is a telling time for us as a family, of people who have reached out, and of people who haven’t reached out,” Julie said. Todd added: “The world tries to heap shame on people, to pull them down, but I don’t accept that. I won’t absorb shame for something I didn’t do.”
July 2022
After the pair were found guilty of committing tax fraud that May, Todd and Julie found solace in their relationship.
“You know, I actually think that this has made our marriage stronger,” he said during an episode of his “Chrisley Confessions” podcast. “I said [to a friend], ‘You can have glue that you’re stuck together because [of] children or you’re stuck together because it’s routine or whatever.’ I think that we are stuck together, I know from my perspective, that I’m stuck to her for life because I want to be not because it’s routine, not because it’s habit and not because we have children.”
November 2022
Todd was sentenced to 12 years in prison while Julie was sentenced to seven. The two are also expected to serve 16 months probation.
January 2023
Two months after their sentencing, Todd and Julie reported to prison to begin serving their sentences. Todd surrendered to FPC Pensacola in Florida, while Julie reported to the Federal Medical Center in Lexington, Kentucky. She was originally set to serve her time in a Florida facility located two hours from Todd’s, but she was re-designated to the Kentucky unit in December 2022.
May 2025
President Donald Trump pardoned Todd and Julie amid their prison sentences. Savannah shared a glimpse at the pair’s reunion, posting an Instagram Story snap of the pair from the waist down sitting and catching up. “Reunited and it feels so good!” read a sticker Savannah placed over the pic.
January 2026
Todd and Julie appeared on season 14 of The Masked Singer as the Croissants, going home after a performance of “Jailhouse Rock” by Elvis Presley. The duo exclusively told Us Weekly that they chose the song themselves after being presented with several options.
“I said, ‘Oh, my God, let’s do this one,’” Todd recalled after his and Julie’s elimination. “And Julie was like, ‘I’m not doing that.’ And I said, ‘Why? It’s not like the whole world doesn’t know. I don’t give a s***, so let’s just do it. It’ll be fun.’ And so when we told that to the folks at The Masked Singer, they were like, ‘Are you serious? You’ll do it? Because we so wanted you to do this.’ And I said, ‘Yes, that’s the one we want to do.’”
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