Chet Hanks said he now lives in a Jayco Eagle RV at a trailer park near Nashville while performing with Something Out West, adopting what he described as a quieter Tennessee routine in 2026.
Hanks, 35, said the change followed an Airstream road trip that inspired him to buy the RV, and that he has been "trading hotels and Airbnbs for basics like a kitchen, shower, and bed" while he concentrates on music. He moved from Los Angeles to Nashville to focus on working with his band, Something Out West, and to build a steadier day-to-day life.
The specifics are plain: he lives in an on-site Jayco Eagle and says the park is calm and filled largely with older residents. "The actor and musician now lives in a Jayco Eagle RV at a trailer park near Nashville while performing with Something Out West," he told interviewers, and he added that "the community is calm, mostly retirees." The arrangement, he said, provides routine and proximity to the band as they perform and tour.
That routine matters because Hanks has been public about substance struggles and recovery. He previously discussed addiction struggles, a 2021 cocaine binge, treatment, and support from Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson. His public account also states he got sober four and a half years ago; elsewhere in the record a 2014 sobriety date appears as part of his timeline. Either way, Hanks frames the RV life as part of sustained sobriety and a focus on music rather than celebrity hotels and transient living.
There is tension in those timelines and in Hanks’s rhetoric. He has said both that he "got sober four and a half years ago" and that his earlier life included a 2014 turning point, while his 2021 binge and subsequent treatment remain on his public record. He has leaned into the idea that his choices are intentional rather than theatrical. "I'm really privileged but I wasn't spoiled," he said, and he has linked his career to family context: "This was the family business," he added, invoking the environment that shaped his entry into acting and music.
The concrete numbers underline the story: a 35-year-old performer who first appeared onscreen as a young actor now describes a life built around music, an RV residence and a sober routine. The move to Nashville and the Jayco Eagle are not framed as temporary fixes; Hanks says he has swapped transient lodging for the everyday comforts that make steady work and recovery possible. The Jayco purchase, he said, was sparked by an Airstream trip and by a desire to own the small, functional space he needs.
Where this goes next is straightforward. Hanks’s public persona and his ongoing performances with Something Out West will test whether the quieter life does what he says it should: keep him close to his band, anchored in routine, and clear-headed for the work. For now, the change answers the obvious question behind the headlines — he chose the RV to simplify life and support his music and sobriety. That choice, not celebrity spectacle, is the story’s endpoint: a deliberate downsizing meant to sustain creative work and recovery rather than a publicity stunt.
