Chrisley Knows Prison Podcast • Season 1 Episode 4 | Timeline

Disgraced reality TV stars Todd and Julie Chrisley portrayed themselves as real estate tycoons on their hit show.

“Chrisley Knows Best” followed their tight-knit, boisterous family and the Chrisley's lavish lifestyle in Atlanta and Nashville. The show drew in more than 2 million viewers by its eighth season and inspired spin-offs such as "Growing Up Chrisley" and "According to Chrisley."

But on Jan. 17, 2023, the Chrisley's traded their luxurious lifestyle for prison time, turning themselves in to their respective prisons. Prosecutors said the reality TV couple was driven by greed as they engaged in an extensive bank fraud scheme and then hid their wealth from tax authorities.

While in prison, the famous couple still made headlines.

Below is a timeline of Todd and Julie Chrisley and their road from reality TV success to prison.

2014: Todd and Julie Chrisley portray themselves as real estate tycoons, gaining fame with their USA Network reality show "Chrisley Knows Best." The docuseries followed their tight-knit, boisterous family and the Chrisleys' lavish lifestyle in the Atlanta suburbs. Season four documented the Chrisleys' move from Atlanta to Nashville.

2017: Todd Chrisley made headlines after he addressed speculation that he's gay. "Chrisley Knows Best" was renewed for a sixth season, and USA Network orders eight episodes of an aftershow program called "According to Chrisley." The aftershow followed a late-night talk show or variety show format with Todd Chrisley as host. Chrisley interviewed celebrities like actress Ali Landry, Christina Milian, Carmen Electra ("Baywatch"), Nicole Sullivan ("King of Queens," "Sex Lives of College Girls") and wrestler Chris Jericho.

2018: During the seventh season of "Chrisley Knows Best," USA Network announced the spinoff, "Growing Up Chrisley." That show focused on Chase Chrisley and Savannah Chrisley as they road trip from Nashville to Los Angeles and attempt to break out on their own in the big city.

2019: Todd and Julie Chrisley were indicted on tax evasion charges in Georgia. The 12 count indictment accused Todd and Julie Chrisley of bank fraud and wire fraud conspiracy. Accountant Peter Tarantino was also charged for conspiring and aiding the filing of a false tax return. Despite the Chrisleys' legal troubles, "Chrisley Knows Best" continued to air on USA Network.

2022: "Chrisley Knows Best" was picked up for a 10th season, while "Growing Up Chrisley" was renewed for a fourth. E! also announced the franchise was moving forward with a new dating series, "Love Limo," hosted by Todd Chrisley, days before the trial was set to begin. All three shows involving the Chrisley family were canceled.

The disgraced reality TV stars Julie and Todd Chrisley were found guilty in June 2022 of tax evasion and defrauding community banks out of more than $30 million in fraudulent loans, which funded their luxurious lifestyle. Julie Chrisley was additionally convicted of obstruction of justice and wire fraud.

She was originally set to serve her time in the federal prison camp in Marianna, Florida, about two-and-a-half hours away from Pensacola. For reasons unknown, Julie Chrisley was reassigned from the Florida prison to a federal medical center in Kentucky.

2023: The Chrisleys traded their luxurious lifestyle for prison time, turning themselves in to their respective prisons Jan. 17, 2023. Julie Chrisley is serving her prison sentence at the Federal Medical Center in Lexington, Kentucky. According to a Federal Bureau of Prisons records search on Jan. 20, 2025, Julie Chrisley's prison release date is March 23, 2028.

Todd Chrisley began serving his 12-year sentence at Federal Medical Center Pensacola. Records show his prison release date is May 27, 2032.

2024: After 18 months, Julie Chrisley's prison sentence was thrown out when federal judges ruled her case had insufficient evidence, according to a June 25, 2024, story in USA TODAY.

In June 2024, judges from the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals found that the judge in Julie Chrisley's 2022 trial miscalculated her sentence and did not find evidence proving her full involvement in the bank fraud scheme for which she was sentenced, according to documents obtained by USA TODAY. The court of appeals upheld Chrisley, her husband Todd Chrisley and their accountant Peter Tarantino's convictions. She was held responsible for the entire fraud. scheme, which began in 2006.

About the same time, Todd Chrisley was fired from his prison job. Jay Surgent, who represents Todd and Julie Chrisley, told NBC's "Today" show that Todd Chrisley was removed from his job at Federal Prison Center Pensacola. Todd Chrisley had volunteered "as an assistant to the chaplain at FPC Pensacola for nearly two years and oversaw the setup of Christian, Jewish and Muslim services," Surgent said in an Oct. 25, 2024, today.com story, adding his client was "disappointed and emotionally offended."

During the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in July 2024, Savannah Chrisley gave a speech for Donald Trump, using the platform to address prison reform and her famous parents.