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Savannah Chrisley is engaged to Jason Galanis and pregnant with their first baby
The businessman, 56, had previously been convicted of fraud and spent time in federal prison.
The couple began dating last July and got engaged five months later in the Cayman Islands.
The identity of Savannah Chrisley’s fiancé has been revealed after she announced she was pregnant.
PEOPLE can confirm that the Chrisley knows best The star, 29, is engaged to businessman Jason Galanis. TMZ was the first to share the news.
Galanis, who Chrisley called “J” or “Jason” in an episode of his podcast Unlocked with Savannah Chrisleywas sentenced to 189 months in prison in September 2020 for several securities fraud schemes. President Trump commuted his sentence to March 2025.
Savannah Chrisley on the red carpet of Fox’s “Special Forces: World’s Toughest Test” on September 12, 2023
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Galanis was also an associate of Hunter Biden and worked with him and his associate Devon Archer. Galanis also testified in the impeachment inquiry of President Joe Biden in March 2024 while he was still in prison.
On October 27, Chrisley announced that she was pregnant and engaged to Galanis. “I prayed for this life. I cried for this life. And there were times when I really wondered if this life would ever be mine. 🥹🤍,” the caption of Chrisley’s Instagram post began alongside a video of her holding a series of ultrasound photos, before the montage changed to show her and Jason kissing as she placed a hand on her stomach.
In her podcast episode, Chrisley shared that she and Galanis, who is 27 years older than her, did “everything together.”
“It’s such an amazing and fulfilling feeling to finally find your person. And here I am. So yeah, the age difference. So what?” said the mother-to-be in her podcast. She added that her fiancé Galanis “doesn’t look his age, or act his age.”
“Her body is great. Her mind is even sharper. So I really don’t care, okay?” Chrisley said. “This person is the love of my life. And all the heartache I’ve been through has been worth it. And all the heartbreak has taught me something. It’s taught me what I want, what I don’t want, what I should accept, what I shouldn’t accept.”
Savannah Chrisley speaks on stage on day two of the Republican National Convention at Fiserv Forum on July 16, 2024 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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Chrisley’s parents, Todd and Julie Chrisley, were also pardoned by President Trump, 80, after being convicted of bank fraud and tax evasion. Chrisley’s father and Galanis both served time at the federal prison camp in Pensacola, Florida.
Chrisley has not revealed the name or identity of her partner and shared on an episode of her podcast in May that she might not reveal his identity “until I get married.”
“I’m dating someone. I’m extremely happy and extremely fulfilled in life,” Chrisley said on the May 19 episode. “I feel like where I am in life is the moment I’ve always dreamed of but never thought possible.”
Savannah Chrisley on February 6, 2024 in Nashville, Tennessee.
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“He deserves that privacy, but there will be a time when you find out,” she added. “It might not be until after I get married, but you’ll find out.”
In the latest episode of her podcast, Chrisley revealed that Jason had been together since last July and called it her “dream relationship.”
She then shared that Jason proposed five months ago in December 2025, while they were in the Cayman Islands. “The ring is crazy and it’s everything I’ve ever wanted,” Chrisley shared, adding that their age gap is “huge.”
“I always said I would rather have 20 phenomenal years with someone than 50 years with someone,” she explained.
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