Breaking news: Julie Chrisley has finally confirmed what we all suspected! – it’s shocking!

Todd and Julie Chrisley’s imprisonment has defined the family’s last two years.

The couple has since been pardoned and released, returning home to their children and living in the limelight, but it hasn’t been easy.

Now, they — along with their daughter Savannah Chrisley, sons Chase and Grayson Chrisley, and more family members — are sharing what happened during their time in prison and how life has changed since their releases in a new Lifetime series, “The Chrisleys: Back to Reality,” which aired in two parts on Sept. 1 and 2.

“We’ve stepped back into it the way that we know how to step back into it, but it’s certainly different. This time, we’re different,” Todd Chrisley tells TODAY.com. “We’ve gone through a lot, and I don’t think that you can go through what we’ve gone through and come back and be the same — and if you do, you probably should go back.”

He continues, “Everyone’s different. Everyone has grown in different ways. And there’s pain and there’s hurt and there’s so much emotions that have to be unpacked.”

What Happened to Julie and Todd Chrisley?

Todd and Julie Chrisley were indicted in 2019 on 12 counts of wire fraud, conspiracy to commit bank fraud and conspiracy to defraud the United States, according to documents obtained by NBC News.

Convicted on federal fraud charges in 2022, Todd Chrisley was originally sentenced to 12 years in prison, with Julie Chrisley receiving a seven-year sentence, according to the U.S. attorney’s office. Their sentences were then slightly shortened by two years and 14 months, respectively.

As the pair reported to their respective prisons in January 2023, Savannah Chrisley took charge, advocating for her family’s release, appealing the decision and caring for her underage brother Grayson and niece Chloe.

The two-part Lifetime special shows how Savannah Chrisley took over as head of the household and the struggles she faced. It also includes personal calls from Todd and Julie Chrisley while in prison.

“I think it’s hard because when they were away, I like to say, ‘You’re in there, all you have to deal with is what happens in those walls.’ Meanwhile, we’re on the outside having to deal with everything else. There was so much that happened, so much said that they have no idea about,” she tells TODAY.com, adding that the show highlights “the anger and resentment” towards other family members “because we were living in so much chaos.”

Amid Savannah Chrisley’s efforts to do anything and everything to help her parents, President Donald Trump pardoned her parents. They received the news in May of this year, and the “Chrisley Knows Best” stars were released from their respective prisons on May 28.

What Do the Chrisleys Wish They Hadn’t Missed While in Prison?

Todd Chrisley is well aware that his daughter “gave up two-and-a-half years of her life” and hopes she can now go back to living her life as a 28-year-old.

Savannnah and her little brother Grayson.Courtesy Lifetime

The parents don’t take it for granted that they got a second chance, but wish they could’ve been there for special and once-in-a-lifetime family moments.

“There were so many life moments that I wish I could have been there for,” Julie Chrisley tells TODAY.com.

“Grayson graduated high school, he went to college. Chloe went to middle school. Savannah went through a breakup. Nic (Kerdiles) passed away while we were in prison.”

She continues, “There were so many of those moments that we should have been there for our children, but unfortunately, we weren’t. So all we can do now is do what we’ve always done, just be there when we can be.”

Todd Chrisley adds that, yes, they were gone for about 28 months but that doesn’t erase the years they were present before — and now, again, after.

“I think that when you talk about what is the one moment — I think that question really belongs to our children. I don’t think it really belongs to us,” he says. “Only they know what was that particular moment that they felt like they needed us most.”