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    Savannah Chrisley’s Fiancé Has Prison Connection to Todd Chrisley

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    Before their romance, Savannah Chrisley‘s fiancé Jason Galanis knew her dad Todd Chrisley best.

    After all, the two men served time together at Federal Prison Camp in Pensacola, Fla., before their respective fraud convictions were pardoned by President Donald Trump last year.

    In 2020, Jason was sentenced to 15 years in prison for his role in two fraud schemes, including one that defrauded millions of dollars from a Native American tribal entity. In addition, he was also ordered pay nearly $81 million in restitutions.  

    The 56-year-old received his presidential pardon in March 2025, two months before Todd, 58, and his wife Julie Chrisley, 53, were pardoned from their prison sentences over bank fraud and tax evasion charges.

    Todd was initially sentenced to 12 years behind bars, while Julie was ordered a seven-year stay. The couple began their respective sentences in January 2023, seven months after they were convicted.

    According to Savannah, who is pregnant with her and Jason’s first baby together, she and Jason first crossed paths in “the world of politics” while she was fighting for her parents’ freedom. 

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    “The first time we met,” the 29-year-old recalled on the Oct. 27 episode of her Unlocked podcast, “I was like, ‘He’s attractive. Yeah, he’s really hot.”

    Though Savannah “didn’t really know what to think of him at first,” she eventually felt a connection with Jason after he texted her on June 1, 2025, with a congratulatory message about her parents’ pardons.

    “I responded and then there we went,” the Chrisley Knows Best alum continued. “We just were texting back and forth. And then, when we truly started digging deep into things, it was so much stronger of a connection than either of us ever thought was there.”

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    And after five months of dating, Jason proposed during a trip to the Cayman Islands.

    “When he gave me the ring, he was like, ‘Before I open this, I just want you to know that this is just an expression of love to you,'” Savannah shared. “‘This can be whatever you want it to be. This can be an engagement ring, a promise ring, a cocktail ring, for all I care. I just want you to know how much I love you.'”

    For Savannah, who previously dated late NHL star Nic Kerdiles and former Auburn University football player Robert Shiver, the proposal was “just right.”

    “I love how Jason has worked his ass off to be able to give me such an amazing ring,” she said of her engagement ring, which features a massive oval-cut stone with two smaller teardrop-shaped gems on either side. “I would not trade that moment for anything in the entire world because it was us. It was us in our happy place.”

    As Savannah and Jason start a family together, read on for a complete guide to the rest of the Chrisleys.

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    Todd Chrisley & Julie ChrisleyTodd Chrisley is the patriarch of the Chrisley family.He was born in Georgia in April 1969 and raised in South Carolina. He and first wife Teresa Terry welcomed daughter Lindsie Chrisley in 1989 and son Kyle Chrisley in 1991 before splitting a few years later. After their breakup, Todd wed Julie Chrisley (born in South Carolina in January 1973) in 1996.Together, they added to their family with the births of kids Chase Chrisley, Savannah Chrisley and Grayson Chrisley and the adoption of Kyle’s daughter Chloe Chrisley. They also went through challenges, including Julie’s 2012 breast cancer battle (she’s now cancer-free).As Todd said on the premiere of Chrisley Knows Best—a show that followed the family’s ups and downs as well as their rich lifestyle in Atlanta and later Nashville—he made “95 percent” of their money through his real estate business before entering reality TV. As for Julie, she was working at a bank when she started dating Todd. Chrisley Knows Best ran from 2014 to 2023 and led to spin-offs like Growing Up Chrisley and What’s Cooking With Julie? as well as other media ventures like the family members’ podcasts.In 2022, Todd and Julie were convicted of fraud and tax crimes, and they were originally sentenced to 12 and seven years in prison, respectively (with him being held in Florida and her being behind bars in Kentucky). The couple pleaded not guilty.In May 2025, President Donald Trump pardoned Todd and Julie and they were released from prison.

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    Lindsie ChrisleyBorn in September 1989, Lindsie is Todd’s eldest daughter from his marriage to Teresa.She attended Georgia State University, where she met now-ex husband Will Campbell. They wed in 2012, and she graduated and gave birth to their son Jackson that December. Two years later, Chrisley Knows Best premiered.Lindsie appeared on the series forfive seasons, where viewers saw how Todd and Will didn’t get along. She and Will filed for divorce in 2016, and she left the show in 2017.In the years following, there was public fallout between her and her family. It wasn’t until 2022 that Lindsie, Todd, Julie and Savannah reunited publicly on crossover episodes of their podcasts.However, their reunion was short-lived. In a 2025 episode of her podcast The Southern Tea, Lindsie said she hasn’t seen her dad “in quite some time.” The following month, she confirmed she’s also estranged from her siblings.”We can live in the same space doing the same things and not necessarily agree or align and it’s no hate, it’s no ill will,” Lindsie said on Catelynn Lowell and Tyler Baltierra’s podcast, Cate & Ty Break It Down in 2025. “We just don’t serve each other in each other’s lives.”In May 2026, Lindsie was arrested on suspicion of DUI, attempting to elude police, improper passing and reckless driving and speeding.”I got pulled over speeding past a car on a two lane road,” she told TMZ, “because they almost hit an animal and I was trying to miss hitting them and whatever the animal was.”

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    Kyle ChrisleyKyle, born in August 1991, is Todd’s eldest son from his former marriage to Teresa. In November 2012, he became father to daughter Chloe, whose mother is his ex AngelaJohnson. But in 2016, Todd and Julie adopted Chloe.While Kyle appeared on only the first season of Chrisley Knows Best (aside from a brief cameo in 2021), his past arrests and rocky relationship with his family (which involved them being estranged and reuniting at various points in time) continued to make headlines. He’s also spoken candidly about his mental health journey and battle with addiction, sharing in a 2019 Facebook post that he’s sober.In 2021, Kyle wed Ashley Nelson and became a father to her kids Haiden and Mackenzie.As for where Kyle stands with Todd and Julie, he expressed his hope to reconnect with them after their return from prison.”I know they can’t wait to get home and just be with family,” he told E! News in May 2025, “and I’m going to remain hopeful that another reconciliation is possible.”

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    Chase ChrisleyChase is the first child Todd welcomed with wife Julie, arriving in June 1996.In addition to appearing on Chrisley Knows Best with his parents and siblings, the entrepreneur co-starred on Growing Up Chrisley with his sister Savannah from 2019 to 2022. Chase was previously engaged to Emmy Medders. But after breaking up and getting back together, they officially parted ways in 2023.After Chase’s parents entered prison, he spoke about how he and his siblings came together.”We’ve definitely gotten a lot closer,” he told Extra in 2023. “When you get hit with something like this, I feel like a lot of people either separate and go their own ways or they cling together, which is how we were raised. We’ve clung together and we’re still fighting.”Chase had his own run-in with the law in January 2025, when he was arrested in Atlanta on a simple battery charge for allegedly becoming “really drunk” and slapping a bar manager after being asked to leave, according to police records obtained by E! News. His lawyers told People that “this incident has been entirely blown out of proportion.””He did not assault anyone,” they added. “Chase was trying to close out his tab and leave. We will be independently investigating the situation.”

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    Savannah ChrisleyTodd and Julie welcomed daughter Savannah in August 1997.Early in her career, she competed in the pageant world—winning Miss Tennessee Teen USA in 2016 and vying for the Miss Teen USA crown later that year. However, her time in the limelight didn’t end there as she went on to appear on several reality and competition shows, including Chrisley Knows Best, Growing Up Chrisley, The Masked Singer and Special Forces: World’s Toughest Test. Savannah is also a real estate agent in Tennessee, the founder of Good Girl RX and host of the podcast Unlocked.In her personal life, Savannah got engaged to hockey player Nic Kerdiles in 2019. However, they broke up the following year, and he died after a motorcycle crash in 2023. She later dated Robert Shiver; however, she confirmed their split in April 2025 after about two years together. Savannah obtained custody of her brother Grayson and sister Chloe while Julie and Todd were in prison and advocated for her parents’ release.After Trump pardoned Julie and Todd and they were released from prison, Savannah posted footage from their return home, including one that read “Reunited and it feels so good.”In October 2026, Savannah announced she’s engaged—with her fiancé revealed as Jason Galanis, who served time in the same prison as Todd before receiving his own presidential pardon in 2025—and that they’re expecting a baby.

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    Grayson ChrisleyGrayson is Todd and Julie’s youngest son.Born in May 2006, Grayson entered the spotlight when Chrisley Knows Best premiered eight years later. He’s now a student at the University of Alabama—and yes, he gets recognized on campus.”It’s been insane,” he said on a February 2025 episode of Savannah’s podcast Unlocked. “It’s more than it’s ever happened here.”After Julie and Todd went to prison, Savannah gained custody of Grayson and Chloe.”I’m not their mom. I’m not their dad. I’m their sister and I get to love and guide them through life,” the podcaster wrote on Instagram in July 2023. “Being a bonus parent is TOUGH…no one could ever add up to their parents. But these kiddos have shown me so much love, patience, grace, understanding, and appreciation! Helping to raise these two kiddos is the hardest but most rewarding job I will ever have.”And Savannah’s bond with Grayson grew even stronger.”Many people look at our situation and think, ‘She saved him,'” she wrote on Instagram for his 18th birthday in May 2024, “but little do they know… YOU saved ME.”

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    Chloe ChrisleyTodd and Julie started out as Chloe’s grandparents after his son Kyle fathered the child with ex Angela Johnson in November 2012. However, they adopted her four years later.“My heart!” Julie wrote on Instagram in February 2018. “This child brings so much happiness to our family. What did we do without you?”Fans watched Todd and Julie raise Chloe—or CoCo as her family calls her—on Chrisley Knows Best. But after the couple entered prison, Savannah took over as her guardian.“Watching her grow has been the biggest blessing of my life… she has QUITE the personality!” Savannah wrote on Instagram for Chloe’s 11th birthday in November 2023. “I wish I had her humor. I wish I had her carefree spirit. I wish I had her heart. She is everything that I hope to be one day! There is not a day goes by to where she doesn’t reach me something new. Because of her… we are all better people! I love you sweet girl! KEEP SHINING! NEVER GIVE UP! And ALWAYS KNOW… I AM HERE!”After it was announced that Trump was pardoning Todd and Julie, Savannah shared Chloe’s reaction. “Chloe I think is still in shock, and she doesn’t want to get her hopes up because she feels like something bad’s going to happen,” she said on a May 2025 episode of News Nation. “But I’m excited to be going to get my dad and bringing him home to her.”

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    “Nanny” Faye ChrisleyFaye Chrisley—a.k.a. “Nanny”—is Todd’s mom.”I am blessed beyond measure that God chose you to be my mother,” he wrote on Instagram for Mother’s Day in 2021. “I love you more than you will ever know and you fill my heart with love, hope, faith and confidence.”Born in September 1944, Nanny grew up in South Carolina. She married army veteran Gene Chrisley, and they welcomed sons Todd, Randy Chrisley and Derrick Chrisley, the latter of whom died when he was a baby. Gene also passed away in 2012.While on Chrisley Knows Best, Nanny captured fans’ hearts with her humor, fun times with sister Frances (who died in 2022), dating adventures and advice. And whether she was hitting the casino, raising a glass of wine or spending time with family, she proved to viewers she knows how to have a good time.However, Nanny has gone through hard times too. In addition to Todd and Julie’s convictions, Nanny was diagnosed with bladder cancer in 2021. But two years later, she shared she had overcome her health battle.”I’m in remission, thank God,” Nanny said on a 2023 episode of Lindsie’s podcast The Southern Tea, per People. “I’ve been out moving around, doing the best I can.”Doing the best she can has been Nanny’s approach to life in general.”The world don’t always give you a good deck of cards to play with, so you play with them the best you can,” she said on Savannah’s podcast Unlocked in 2023. “You get up, brush yourself off and keep going.”

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