Chase and Jodi “did long distance” for “a year” before she eventually moved from Louisiana to Tennessee, where the reality star resides. At the time, she was a full-time surgical tech.
“I was on call all the time, I was working weekends, so I would come in as much as I could to Nashville, but it was definitely a lot easier for Chase to be able to fly in,” Jodi explains. “I would only be able to stay for typically a weekend, versus Chase would come in, and he would be able to stay for two weeks, three weeks.”

“But then, I was sitting there while she was in surgery for 12 hours, like, ‘What am I supposed to do?'” Chase shares.

The Chrisley Knows Best alum is in awe of Jodi, as he notes how he’s “never been with a woman that has the work ethic that she has,” which was “refreshing for me to see.” He also credits Jodi for being “a big reason why I quit drinking, too.”

“Without her support throughout the last two years of my parents being gone, I really don’t know where I would be, if I would even be here,” he candidly states, referencing his parents Todd and Julie Chrisley’s former imprisonment.

Chase is launching a new business endeavor, a zero-alcohol sparkling water brand called Gold Drop. Jodi has been supportive throughout the process, even helping with integral parts of the company.
“I pushed him a lot to find his own path and figure out a career other than film,” she says.

“And just because [of] the scenario that they were dealt with, I mean, exactly what happened, you can’t rely on that forever,” Jodi adds, referencing the cancellation of the Chrisley family’s USA Network shows after Todd, 57, and Julie, 52, were sentenced to a combined 19 years for fraud and tax evasion.

“You never know what’s going to happen and what the future’s going to hold,” she continues. “So yeah, it was super encouraging for him to figure out other business deals, and whatever else he enjoyed, and felt like it could turn into a future for him.”