Todd and Julie Chrisley call life after prison more difficult than time behind bars

Todd and Julie Chrisley are adjusting to real life after prison.

The reality television couple confessed that life on the outside is more difficult than the lives they led behind bars.

“I’ve actually talked to a few of the women that I was in prison with that they’re already home,” Julie, 52, began to explain during the Wednesday, July 23, episode of their “Chrisley Confessions 2.0” podcast.

Julie recalled advice she received early on in her sentence, when she was struggling to cope with being away from her family.

“People told me this when I first got there: you can’t live out there and in here at the same time,” she said. “Because it’ll literally run you crazy, and that’s the truth. The longer you’re there, the more removed you become to the world.”

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The Chrisleys — who rose to fame with their hit reality show “Chrisley Knows Best” — were convicted of federal bank fraud and tax evasion. They’ve both maintained their innocence.

In May, Todd and Julie were released from federal prison after they received pardons from President Donald Trump.

“You’ve been having to get back in the swing of taking control of everything,” Todd told Julie during the podcast. “Running a house and making sure everything’s done the way it’s supposed to be done.”

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Todd continued to make a surprise admission about how he’d gotten better sleep in prison than at home.

“I went to prison for 28 months. I never had trouble sleeping. Maybe, because I wasn’t fighting with everybody,” Todd said. “Let me tell you something, the members of my mob — otherwise known as the Chrisley Clan — they’re the ones who have kept me awake all these years.”

Julie additionally opened up about how prison forced her to focus on herself – not parenting or family drama.