01of 20Mark WahlbergMark WahlbergThe actor has been open about moving his family (wifeRhea Durham,daughtersGrace, 12, andElla, 19, and sonsBrendan, 14, andMichael, 16) to Nevada because he preferred to raise his kids outside of Hollywood.“To be able to give my kids a better life and follow and pursue their dreams — whether it bemy daughter as an equestrian, my son as a basketball player, my younger son as a golfer — this made a lot more sense for us,“he said.Wahlberg added that he and his wife “came here to just kind of give ourselves a new look, a fresh start for the kids, and there’s lots of opportunity here.”
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Mark Wahlberg
The actor has been open about moving his family (wifeRhea Durham,daughtersGrace, 12, andElla, 19, and sonsBrendan, 14, andMichael, 16) to Nevada because he preferred to raise his kids outside of Hollywood.
“To be able to give my kids a better life and follow and pursue their dreams — whether it bemy daughter as an equestrian, my son as a basketball player, my younger son as a golfer — this made a lot more sense for us,“he said.
Wahlberg added that he and his wife “came here to just kind of give ourselves a new look, a fresh start for the kids, and there’s lots of opportunity here.”
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Timothy Busfield & Melissa Gilbert
Melissa Gilbert and her husband Timothy Busfield.George Holz
The actors, who wed in 2013, toldPEOPLEthey couldn’t imagine a greater happily ever after thanliving in a cottageon 14 acres in New York’s Castskill Mountains,
“This is what I’ve always wanted,” Gilbert told PEOPLE of her quiet life with her husband.
Sharing a video of snow falling outside and warm fire cackling in their cozy living room, Gilbert wrote, “How we do an early April Sunday morning here in the #Catskills.”
03of 20Jason SegelRandy Holmes/ABC/GettyTheHow I Met Your Motheractor told Jimmy Kimmel (his old neighbor!) that he realized he needed a change after the hit sitcom wrapped in 2014.“I was like, ‘Oh, I can do whatever I want now,’ " the star said onJimmy Kimmel Live.“I’m gonna go live in this town and I never left.“Without disclosing the name of the “little farm town” that he relocated to eight years ago, Segel said he’s enjoyed becoming entrenched in the local community.“I like being in a small town. Like, I go to the high school football games and stuff and eat a sandwich, which I didn’t know if you could do without kids, but you can,” he joked. “And I go to the Christmas play in town and I wait outside and ask little kids to sign my playbill. It’s really fun. I love it.“Better yet, the actor added, he enjoys that the locals have “no idea” who he is.In another sweet snippet, Segel said he also likes to wander through the 21 acres of orange groves on his property and now owns “a lot” of overalls.
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Jason Segel
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TheHow I Met Your Motheractor told Jimmy Kimmel (his old neighbor!) that he realized he needed a change after the hit sitcom wrapped in 2014.
“I was like, ‘Oh, I can do whatever I want now,’ " the star said onJimmy Kimmel Live.“I’m gonna go live in this town and I never left.”
Without disclosing the name of the “little farm town” that he relocated to eight years ago, Segel said he’s enjoyed becoming entrenched in the local community.
“I like being in a small town. Like, I go to the high school football games and stuff and eat a sandwich, which I didn’t know if you could do without kids, but you can,” he joked. “And I go to the Christmas play in town and I wait outside and ask little kids to sign my playbill. It’s really fun. I love it.”
Better yet, the actor added, he enjoys that the locals have “no idea” who he is.
In another sweet snippet, Segel said he also likes to wander through the 21 acres of orange groves on his property and now owns “a lot” of overalls.
04of 20James Van Der BeekJames Van Der Beek/INSTAGRAMTheDawson’s Creekalumnus and and his wife Kimberlyrelocated their familyfrom California to Texas in September 2020, and haven’t look back.“We wanted to get the kids out of Los Angeles. We wanted to give them space and we wanted them to live in nature,” James said in a July 2021 interview forAustin Lifemagazine. “When we were flying here for our anniversary, I felt an energy to Austin … It was really cool to realize, ‘Oh, I can go be there. We can drop in and bring our family to that.’ “Reflecting on the movein a recentInstagrampost, the actor said he realized he hadn’t miss L.A. when he and his family returned for a recent vacation there.“It didn’t feel like home anymore. Maybe it never was. Or maybe it was home for the time it needed to be,” he wrote in part. “Or maybe… the key is to appreciate each place for what it is and drop any expectations it’ll ever be something it’s not.“Parents of six, James and Kimberly share daughters Olivia, 11, Annabel, 8, Emilia, 6, Gwendolyn, 3½, and sons Joshua, 10, and Jeremiah, 6 months.
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James Van Der Beek
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TheDawson’s Creekalumnus and and his wife Kimberlyrelocated their familyfrom California to Texas in September 2020, and haven’t look back.
“We wanted to get the kids out of Los Angeles. We wanted to give them space and we wanted them to live in nature,” James said in a July 2021 interview forAustin Lifemagazine. “When we were flying here for our anniversary, I felt an energy to Austin … It was really cool to realize, ‘Oh, I can go be there. We can drop in and bring our family to that.’ "
Reflecting on the movein a recentInstagrampost, the actor said he realized he hadn’t miss L.A. when he and his family returned for a recent vacation there.
“It didn’t feel like home anymore. Maybe it never was. Or maybe it was home for the time it needed to be,” he wrote in part. “Or maybe… the key is to appreciate each place for what it is and drop any expectations it’ll ever be something it’s not.”
Parents of six, James and Kimberly share daughters Olivia, 11, Annabel, 8, Emilia, 6, Gwendolyn, 3½, and sons Joshua, 10, and Jeremiah, 6 months.
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Chip & Joanna Gaines
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In 2021, Chip and Jo expanded their farmhouse with anextensive additionthat created an entirely new wing.
“We’re adding on a little space because we’ve added an addition to the family,” Chip explained in an episode ofFixer Upper: Welcome Home.“We used to have four kids. Now we’ve got a toddler on our hip.”
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Adrian Grenier
Adrian Grenier.Laura Morsman Photography
TheEntouragestar opened up in the June issue ofAustin LifeMagazineabout leaving behind his life in New York City and Los Angeles tolive on a farm outside of Austin, Texas.
While he admits that his big-city life “was a f– load of fun, and amazing while it lasted,” he added, “I found myself in a stage of my life where I had to change.”
“I bought a place in Austin five years ago, and a year ago I decided to move here permanently,” he told the outlet. “I had friends here, I ran a business here, and liked the pace. Austin is cosmopolitan without being snooty; it’s earthy. People are smart and successful but they don’t flaunt it. There is nothing to prove, people accept you and it felt good right away.”
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Tom Selleck
Tom Selleck with wife Jillie Mack (right) and daughter Hannah Selleck (left).Jon Kopaloff/FilmMagic
Despite being a Hollywood household name for over four decades, Selleck loves hislow-key life on his 63-acre ranchwith wife Jillie.
“I’m a fairly private person,” the actor, who shot to fame withMagnum P.I.in the 1980s, toldPEOPLEin April 2020. “And I’ve always treasured the balance between work and time with my family. It’s always about them.”
When Selleck is not shootingBlue Bloods, the police drama now in its tenth season, in N.Y.C., he’s at home with his wife of 33 years on their 63-acre Ventura, California, ranch.
“My relationships and my ranch keep me sane,” said Selleck, who is dad to Hannah, 31, and Kevin, 54, his son with first wife Jacqueline Ray.
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Denise Richards
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TheReal Housewives of Beverly Hillsstar revealed via Instagram that she and husband Aaron Phypers have plans tomove part time to Montana.
“Soon we will be living here in Montana & Los Angeles.. best of both 🌎,” Richardscaptionedher post, which features a photo of the couple smiling. “the first time I went to la when I was younger I felt like I was home, same feeling visiting Montana for the first time 7yrs ago. Such a sense of peace & simplicity.”
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Josh Lucas
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TheFord v Ferrariactor moved his family to Indonesia, where they enrolled his son, Noah Rev, 7, in a special school where the mission it is to “create the next generation of environmental leaders,” Lucassaid onJimmy Kimmel Live!
Lucas explained, “It’s deeply in the jungle. It’s likeSwiss Family Robinson- they grow their own food, they make their own buildings out of bamboo.”
10of 20Chris PrattChris Pratt/InstagramWhen he isn’t starring inJurassic WorldorGuardians of the Galaxy,Pratt is raising sheepon a farm in Washington state. He evenhas prize-winning wool to back it up! He calls the ranch his “special slice of heaven.”
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Chris Pratt
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When he isn’t starring inJurassic WorldorGuardians of the Galaxy,Pratt is raising sheepon a farm in Washington state. He evenhas prize-winning wool to back it up! He calls the ranch his “special slice of heaven.”
11of 20Carter Oosterhouse & Amy SmartPAUL COSTELLOThe couple isn’t thinking aboutTrading Spacesanytime soon: they’ve settled in nicely to their 100-year-old farmhouse inTraverse City, Michigan.
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Carter Oosterhouse & Amy Smart
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The couple isn’t thinking aboutTrading Spacesanytime soon: they’ve settled in nicely to their 100-year-old farmhouse inTraverse City, Michigan.
12of 20Renée ZellwegerMatt Winkelmeyer/GettyAfter living in her Connecticut farmhouse for nearly a decade, theBridget Jones’s Diaryactressput the historical home on the marketin 2014.
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Renée Zellweger
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After living in her Connecticut farmhouse for nearly a decade, theBridget Jones’s Diaryactressput the historical home on the marketin 2014.
13of 20Dean UnglertCaelynn Miller-Keyes/InstagramTheBachelor in Paradisestar currently lives out of his van. He toldEntertainment Tonightof the decision, “I’m just, like, trying to travel the country and see what happens. I live in a van now. I’m planning on [traveling] all across the continental U.S. and then maybe up into Canada as well.“He added, “I’ve just always kind of had like a nomadic spirit in me, and I’ve always wanted to do it, and I was, like, no better time than now.”
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Dean Unglert
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TheBachelor in Paradisestar currently lives out of his van. He toldEntertainment Tonightof the decision, “I’m just, like, trying to travel the country and see what happens. I live in a van now. I’m planning on [traveling] all across the continental U.S. and then maybe up into Canada as well.”
He added, “I’ve just always kind of had like a nomadic spirit in me, and I’ve always wanted to do it, and I was, like, no better time than now.”
14of 20John MayerDaniel Knighton/GettyThe singer sold his New York City and Los Angeles homes in 2012 and retreated to Montana, which he hascalled home since.
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John Mayer
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The singer sold his New York City and Los Angeles homes in 2012 and retreated to Montana, which he hascalled home since.
15of 20Mark RuffaloAlberto E. Rodriguez/GettyRuffalo, his wife and three childrenlive on a 50-acre plot of landin upstate New York, far from the hustle and bustle of Hollywood and Manhattan.Ruffalo said ofthe real estate purchase, “The whole guiding idea for living upstate was to simplify. We asked ourselves, what do we need all this s— for? What is it adding to our lives?”
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Mark Ruffalo
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Ruffalo, his wife and three childrenlive on a 50-acre plot of landin upstate New York, far from the hustle and bustle of Hollywood and Manhattan.
Ruffalo said ofthe real estate purchase, “The whole guiding idea for living upstate was to simplify. We asked ourselves, what do we need all this s— for? What is it adding to our lives?”
16of 20Jeff DanielsGettyDanielsmoved to Michiganwith his family 32 years ago “to create as much a sense of normalcy as possible.” He said of the decision to relocate, “It was a very dramatic move in 1986 to move to Michigan, but that was to keep the family number one. And that worked.”
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Jeff Daniels
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Danielsmoved to Michiganwith his family 32 years ago “to create as much a sense of normalcy as possible.” He said of the decision to relocate, “It was a very dramatic move in 1986 to move to Michigan, but that was to keep the family number one. And that worked.”
17of 20Christian SlaterNicholas Hunt/GettyTheMr. Robotactorbought a home in Coconut Grove, Florida,in 2013.
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Christian Slater
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TheMr. Robotactorbought a home in Coconut Grove, Florida,in 2013.
18of 20Michael KeatonMatthew Simmons/Getty ImagesHoly Toledo, Batman! Keaton owns a ranch in southern Montana, where he has spent much of his time in the past 28 years. Keatononce said in an interview, “Once you see the west, there is no going back,” and for him it may just be true.
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Michael Keaton
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Holy Toledo, Batman! Keaton owns a ranch in southern Montana, where he has spent much of his time in the past 28 years. Keatononce said in an interview, “Once you see the west, there is no going back,” and for him it may just be true.
19of 20Elijah WoodElijah Wood.Astrid Stawiarz/GettyTheLord of the Ringsactor spends most of his time in Austin, Texas.
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Elijah Wood
Elijah Wood.Astrid Stawiarz/Getty
TheLord of the Ringsactor spends most of his time in Austin, Texas.
20of 20Steve MartinFernando Leon/GettyThe comedian moved to Brevard, North Carolina, and started picking the banjo and writing bluegrass music. No, really. Martin lives in the small town, and frequently collaborates with the Steep Canyon Rangers.
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Steve Martin
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The comedian moved to Brevard, North Carolina, and started picking the banjo and writing bluegrass music. No, really. Martin lives in the small town, and frequently collaborates with the Steep Canyon Rangers.
source: people.com
