How Julie Chrisley Feels About Ditching Her Blonde Hair After Prison
Julie Chrisley has left prison a changed woman.
A day after she and husband Todd Chrisley walked free thanks to presidential pardons from Donald Trump, the Chrisley Knows Best matriarch debuted a new look, revealing in a photo obtained by Fox News Digital that she had ditched her signature blonde hairdo for brunette locks—a transformation her son Chase Chrisley said is here to stay.
“Her hair is darker now,” the 28-year-old told Entertainment Tonight in an interview published May 29. “I'm like, ‘Mama, we gotta go back platinum blonde.’ And she was like, ‘I'm not doing that.’”
Noting his affection for his mom—who also had grown out grey roots from her time behind bars—Chase added, “My mother's an angel and she's still a beautiful woman.”
And while Julie—who also shares kids Savannah, 27, and Grayson, 19, and has custody of granddaughter Chloe, 11, with Todd—may have a totally new look, Chase noted she isn’t his only parent that left prison with new features.
“My dad is jacked,” he continued. “He hit the gym hard.”
Beyond getting to reveal their new appearances to each other, Chase explained that Todd and Julie—who were scheduled to be in prison for their tax evasion and wire fraud convictions until 2032 and 2028, respectively—also shared an emotional moment upon their first reunion in over two years.
“They both just burst into tears,” he said. “My dad wrapped his arms around my mom, and I don't think he's let go. I don't think he'll ever let go.”
Chase added, “We were all hugging each other and crying. It was just a beautiful moment, and answered prayers for sure. I can't even describe the amount of joy that I felt.”
As for how Todd and Julie are doing since their release? Their daughter Savannah provided a positive report.
“Everyone’s good. They are great,” she told Entertainment Tonight in a separate May 29 interview. “They’re happy to be home.”
She went on to thank criminal justice reform advocate Alice Marie Johnson, who presented their case to President Trump, calling them both “amazing.”
Catch up on Chrisley Knows Best during a marathon on E! on Sunday, June 1 from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. For now, keep reading for a deeper look into the Chrisley family tree.
Todd 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.
As Todd explained in the premiere episode of Chrisley Knows Best—a show that followed the blended 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 the reality TV world. 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, including 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 had pleaded not guilty.
In May 2025, President Donald Trump pardoned Todd and Julie and they were released from prison.
Born in September 1989, Lindsie is Todd's eldest daughter from his marriage to
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 for five 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 following years, 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.
"God knows I wasn't prepared for this estrangement," he said on Chrisley Confessions. "But I will tell you now looking back, we needed this estrangement."
However, their reunion was short-lived. In a March 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 April 2025. "We just don’t serve each other in each other’s lives."
But after Julie and Todd were pardoned in May 2025, Lindsie wrote on Instagram Stories, "With God all things are possible."Kyle, 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 Angela Johnson
Chase 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, he 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. Later that year, he began dating Jodi Laine Fournerat. Fans can often find photos of the pair on his Instagram along with snaps of him and grandma Nanny Faye Chrisley.
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."Chase is also an entrepreneur, launching a candle brand and roofing company.
Todd 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
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."
Grayson 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."
Todd 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."
Faye 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. "You get up, brush yourself off and keep going."
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