Savannah Chrisley and Jason Galanis went from strangers moving through Washington, D.C.’s political circles to an engaged couple expecting their first baby — all in roughly 15 months.
The Chrisley Knows Best alum confirmed in October 2026 that she is pregnant and engaged to Galanis after keeping most of their relationship under wraps.
Scroll below to see how Chrisley and Galanis’ whirlwind romance unfolded:
January 2023
Savannah’s parents, Todd and Julie Chrisley, reported to prison to begin a combined 19-year sentence — 12 years for Todd and seven for Julie — after being indicted in 2019 on tax evasion, bank and wire fraud and conspiracy charges and later found guilty. Todd was sent to the Federal Prison Camp in Pensacola, Florida, the same facility where Galanis was already serving time for his own fraud scandal.
As for Savannah, she subsequently began advocating for her parents’ early release, which pulled her into political circles in Washington, D.C.
March 2024
While behind bars, Galanis testified in the Republican impeachment inquiry into then-President Joe Biden, drawing on his past ties to first son Hunter Biden. (Galanis had been sentenced in September 2020 to more than 15 years in prison for his role in two schemes, including one that defrauded the Oglala Sioux tribe and pension fund investors out of tens of millions of dollars.)
President Donald Trump commuted Galanis’ prison sentence in March 2025, two months before he issued presidential pardons to Todd and Julie.
July 2025
Savannah and Galanis officially begin dating, with the reality TV star revealing on the “Whine Down” podcast the next year that they “met through the political world of D.C.”
“He’s great … you can only hide for so long,” she gushed of Galanis without naming her beau. “He’s a financial guy, and he is, like, the calmest, sweetest human being in the entire world. He tells me all the time. He’s like, ‘Just do what you want to do, you don’t have to do what you don’t want to do, just do what you want to do.’ He’s my biggest cheerleader, and he knows nothing about the whole TV world. … He’s not intimidated by my success, which is so great.”
December 2025
After five months of dating, Galanis quietly proposed during a trip to the Cayman Islands.
“I had been in the ocean all day. I was in a swimsuit,” Savannah later recalled on her “Unlocked” podcast in October 2026. “I had hair, makeup not done, none of that. So I had no idea.”
She added, “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. 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.'”
May 2026
Months after Galanis’ private proposal, Savannah coyly confirmed on her podcast that she was dating someone, calling herself “extremely happy and extremely fulfilled.” She kept her partner’s identity private at the time, referring to him only as “J.”
October 2026
Savannah revealed via Instagram that she is pregnant with her first baby.
“I’ve prayed for this life. I’ve cried for this life. And there were moments I truly wondered if this life would ever be mine,” she wrote via Instagram. “The past few years have taken me through fires I never imagined I’d have to walk through. Seasons of heartbreak, loss, and moments when I didn’t know if I would ever make it to the other side. I wondered if I would ever find my forever … if I would ever feel safe enough to truly breathe again. And then God sent me J. 🤍.”
Savannah detailed her relationship timeline and pregnancy on her podcast, also addressing the couple’s “huge age gap” of 27 years.
“That’s probably part of the reason why I kept a lot of it quiet, because I know how brutal the public can be,” she said. “But, I genuinely do not care.”
This story was compiled with the help of AI tools and edited by journalists.
