Inside the Homes of Country Music's Biggest Stars

They’ve sold out stadiums, headlined at the Opry and produced mega hits. But when the lights go down, they have to hang their hats somewhere.

Inside the Homes of Country Music's Biggest Stars

They’ve sold out stadiums, headlined at the Opry and blown up the radio with mega hits. But when the lights go down, the world’s biggest country music stars have to hang their hats somewhere. Like these multimillion-dollar homes, from Nashville, Tennessee, to the Bahamas.

These famous country musicians have made hundreds of millions of dollars, and they know how to choose (or build) some impressive houses. Take a look inside the sprawling estates of George Strait, Reba McEntire, Kelly Clarkson, Shania Twain, Miley Cyrus, Tim McGraw and Faith Hill, Kenny Chesney and more.

George Strait

The "King of Country" has a custom-built, adobe-style kingdom in San Antonio, Texas, which is called"Santa Fe in the Dominion."

'Santa Fe in the Dominion'

The property has a sprawling 7,925 square feet of living space and is set on 12.2 hilltop acres.

Architect Bill Tull Designed It

Designed by architect Bill Tull, the estate has two separate houses: a main house with three bedrooms and four full bathrooms, and a one-bedroom, one-bathroom casita.

Enjoy Views of San Antonio From the Spa

The custom-designed mosaic tile spa and infinity pool overlook downtown San Antonio.

The House Has True Country Style

Longleaf pine flooring, a four-inch concrete overlay and imported adobe materials were used to construct the house.

And a Kitchen Fit for a Cowboy

The kitchen includes a large double fridge with embossed graphics and stainless steel appliances.

Sweet Dreams Are Made of These

The master bathroom includes a fireplace — and in total, there are 14 hand-sculpted fireplaces on the property.

It's the Little Things

The interior shutters in the bathroom, like those throughout the house, are saguaro cactus rib.

A Walk-In 'Safe Room'

Strait has an estimated net worth of $300 million, so it’s no surprise that he needs this room.

There’s also a safe room on the premises.

An Audio Wonderland

The home features surround sound throughout.

This Castle Could Be Yours

Strait is currently selling this home, which he has owned since 1995. According to realtor.com, the house first went up for sale in 2019 for $8.9 million.

But there’s no price listed on the estate’s website. You’ll have to ask to get the new number.

Tim McGraw and Faith Hill

Tim McGraw just split with Sony Music Nashville, and he and Faith Hill also are looking to shed their multimillion-dollar estate in Franklin, Tennessee.

A 622-Acre Estate Starts Here

The superstar couple has been trying to sell the 622-acre estate since 2013, first listing it for $20 million.

The property includes a horse barn and six homes, including a 220-year-old log house, two guest cabins and caretaker houses.

The antebellum (pictured), built in 1856, is the main house.

Property Value

Big room and staircase in Tim McGraw and Faith Hill's house

Since the couple first put the house up for sale, they’ve dropped the price to $18 million for the entire property.

Also offered is just 353 acres, the log home, and the 12-horse barn for $10 million.

The main house, caretakers homes and other 268 acres are available for $8.5 million.

Nice Woodwork

Woodwork in Tim McGraw and Faith Hill's house

The antebellum includes (we think) original hardwood flooring.

Plenty of Living Space

Fireplace in Tim McGraw and Faith Hill's house

Built in 1856, the main house is called Beechwood Hall and has 6,856 square feet of living space.

Fresh Old Charm

Bathroom in Tim McGraw and Faith Hill's house

The bathrooms have been redone, but the peeling paint is an artful reminder of this home’s historic roots.

Or it just needs a whole new coat of paint.

The More, the Merrier

Caretaker's home at Tim McGraw and Faith Hill's house

The caretaker’s homes have been completely redone.

Comfortable Living Quarters

Inside the caretaker's house at Tim McGraw and Faith Hill's house

This caretaker’s house features beamed wood ceilings, dark hardwood flooring and a kitchen island.

Open Floor Plan

Living room at Tim McGraw and Faith Hill's caretaker's house

Another caretaker’s house.

Home Is Where the Heart Is

Outside Tim McGraw and Faith Hill's house

The estate might not be selling anytime soon, but that’s alright.

The two own a private island in the Bahamas and are worth an estimated $160 million.

Kelly Clarkson

The first "American Idol" winner and now longtime pop-country singer, Kelly Clarkson, has been struggling to sell her mansion in Hendersonville, Tennessee, for quite some time.

This Is What $2.86 Million Will Get You

The 37-year-old singer from Fort Worth, Texas, purchased the 20,121 square-foot, seven-bedroom mansion in 2012 for $2.86 million.

Custom Finishes and Lavish Touches

She and her husband, Brandon Blackstock, seemed to have poured a substantial amount of cash into the property, adding custom finishes and lavish touches.

Stairway to Somewhere Special

The home has a breathtaking foyer with a butterfly staircase.

Pull Up a Chair

This sitting room features a coffered ceiling and built-in bookcases.

Grizzly Hunters

That bear — and the bucks — are more than likely from one of Clarkson and her husband’s hunting trips.

According to an interview she gave with Parade in 2013, Clarkson took her husband to hunt grizzlies in Alaska for his birthday.

What Would You Like to Eat?

The kitchen features hardwood cabinetry, tile flooring, and shares an open floor plan.

The Master Bedroom

The master bedroom is circle shaped and features a massive hanging chandelier.

Where You Can Clean Up

The master bathroom revolves around the central soaking tub and its ceiling-length curtain.

Drinks Are on the House

The cowboy-themed bar with saddle bar stools seems like Clarkson’s touch.

Games for Days

The game room includes the leg lamp from "A Christmas Story." It must be Italian.

Strong Body, Strong Mind, Strong Spirit

Clarkson has been trying to sell this mansion since October 2017, when she listed it for sale at $8.75 million.

She has since cut the price to $7.5 million.

Fun for Kids of All Ages

According to realtor.com, Clarkson, her husband and their two children were moving back to their farm near Nashville, where, as of 2017, they were building another house.

But plans may have changed. The singer bought a farmhouse in Encino, California, for $8.5 million in 2018.

Reba McEntire

Country music legend Reba McEntire somewhat recently parted ways with her longtime estate following her divorce from Narvel Blackstock in 2015.

From Home to Wedding Venue

The 64-year-old singer used to own Starstruck Farm, an 83-acre estate with a seven-bedroom, 12,816 square-foot mansion.

It sold in 2017 for $5 million and has since been turned into a wedding venue and event center.

A Guitar-Shaped Pool

However, while parts of the estate have been renovated or expanded, it's mostly the same as it was during McEntire’s tenure.

They’ve kept the guitar-shaped pool, for example, and McEntire’s insane closet (more on that later).

View From Above

Aerial view of Reba McEntire's old house

When McEntire lived there, the property included an eight-car garage, tennis court, guest house, barn, horse arenas and a 16-stall equestrian facility.

The garage and stables have been turned into event spaces.

Mansion Interior

A spiral staircase winds throughout the home's center.

Big Kitchen for Big Appetites

The Queen of Country’s kitchen is the same as it was when she decided to sell.

Wine for Any Occasion

This wine room may hold enough wine to serve many, many weddings, but it’s original to the house, too.

Your Own Private Theater

McEntire’s theater with tiered seating is now a place for guests to watch movies. Like "Tremors," the film in which McEntire made her acting debut.

Expansive Master Bedroom

The master bedroom is expansive and includes Tuscan pillars, curved windows and an exposed wood ceiling.

Guess Who Likes Fireplaces?

There’s also a fireplace. Quite fancy.

A Nice Place to Unwind

The bathroom features a copper soaking tub and marble shower.

Theme Weaver

The venue has decked out the bathroom’s vanities with pictures of McEntire.

Each of the home’s quarters has a theme, from Johnny Cash to Patsy Cline.

You Should Have Enough Closet Space

McEntire’s closet is nuts. It has its own staircase which curls up to three mirror-lined levels.

Homeward Bound

It’s unclear where McEntire lives now.

In 2015, she also sold an estate in Beverly Hills, California, for $22.25 million in an off-market deal.

Miley Cyrus

Miley Cyrus can live pretty much anywhere she wants. The 27-year-old pop star with country roots is worth an estimated $160 million, according to Celebrity Net Worth.

Her most recent real estate acquisition is a 33-acre estate in Franklin, Tennessee.

Return to Franklin

Cyrus purchased this 2014-built, two-story farmhouse for $5.8 million in 2017.

Franklin is the city where the former "Hannah Montana" star was born.

The Universal Language

It’s not entirely clear if this house is in both hers and Liam Hemsworth’s name. The two divorced in late December 2019.

If the mortgage bears both ex-lovers' names, it might be going up for sale once again.

However, according to TMZ, the two had a prenup.

A Relaxing Setting

The 6,870 square-foot house has a great room with a towering stone fireplace and an exposed beam ceiling.

Ready to Cook

The kitchen island features wraparound distressed wood cabinetry and stainless steel appliances.

Rustic Feel

The home’s hardwood flooring extends throughout the house.

Other finishes, like the brickwork and reclaimed wood beams, give it a rustic feel.

Master Class

The master bedroom is spacious and simple.

Classic Farmhouse Touches

Although it was built in 2014, the home has been outfitted with classic farmhouse touches, like an antique-looking soaking tub and pebble tile flooring.

Outdoor Watering Hole

Out back is a pool with a simple wood diving board and adjacent spa.

A New Chapter

Cyrus has mainly resided in California. But in 2018, wildfires destroyed her Malibu home. All of her pets were evacuated safely, although she said on Twitter that the house "no longer stands."

Shania Twain

In 2017, Shania Twain made her first record in 15 years, having finally recovered from a grueling battle with Lyme disease and vocal cord paralysis.

The "Queen of Country Pop" was in residency in Las Vegas for 2020, but the singer likes to go to her home in the Bahamas when she isn’t touring or living at her main house in Switzerland.

A Little Slice of Paradise

Her Bahamian home is a 7,000 square-foot slice of paradise which no one would say, "That don’t impress me much" about.

Indoor/Outdoor Living

Shania Twain's living room in the Bahamas

The 2004-built, five-bedroom house has indoor/outdoor living, with huge retractable glass doors.

Panoramic Views of Palm Trees and Azure Skies

The master bedroom is circular, providing panoramic views of the palm trees and azure skies.

A Nice Place to Relax

This is the spot where Shania tried to work, but her dog wouldn't let her.

The House Comes Fully Furnished

This house went up for sale in early 2019 for $10.95 million, but was then relisted sometime later for $12.9 million — and it comes fully furnished.

Twain, 54, is worth an estimated $350 million.

Entertainment Central

The downstairs media room is comfy and unostentatious. A projector hangs from the ceiling, and there is plenty of space to sprawl out.

Multipurpose Room

The room also includes a wet bar and some exercise equipment.

A Bathroom or Office

With glossy hardwood flooring, built-in shelving and a keyboard, this master bathroom could double as an office.

Life Is Good

Shania Twain's backyard pool in the Bahamas

Whoever signs this mortgage will be able to say, "Life’s about to get good!"

Carrie Underwood

Carrie Underwood, who came to fame by winning the fourth season of "American Idol," recently sold her house in Brentwood, Tennessee.

The 37-year-old singer and her husband, professional hockey player Mike Fisher, owned the home for 12 years before selling it off in March 2019.

An Italian Villa

Carrie Underwood's Italian villa-style house

Underwood purchased this Italian villa-style home in 2007, about two years after she won "American Idol."

Property records indicate she purchased the four-bedroom, 7,100-square-foot property for $1.35 million and sold it for $1.41 million.

A Sweeping Foyer

The foyer features a sweeping staircase with ironwork balusters that leads to an interior balcony.

Soaring Ceilings

The two-story home was built in 2000 and has some incredibly high ceilings, like in this room, which looks like a good spot for a dining table.

A Touch of Shiplap

One of the home’s four bedrooms features this colorful wall of shiplap. Pretty cool.

The Dressing Room

But the coolest part of this house is the two-story dressing room.

There’s a Hollywood-style vanity in one corner, two large wooden doors leading to the outside, and a large closet area at the far end of the room.

And the floors are heated are to keep your feet warm.

The Closet

The oval-shaped closet has tons of drawer and shelf space, along with a rolling ladder hooked onto the ceiling for easy access.

But let’s head upstairs.

The Upstairs Dressing Room

Carrie Underwood's upstairs dressing room

Up the steps, there’s even more closet space. Everything is nice and bright with two candelabra chandeliers and recessed lighting.

The Master Bathroom

Off the upstairs dressing room is the master bathroom with a soaking tub and dual vanities.

The Porch

The house sits on half an acre of land, which you can enjoy from these rocking chairs set on a long stone porch.

According to People, Underwood decided to move after a nasty fall on the home’s front steps. She busted her face open and required 40 stitches.

An unnamed insider said the singer already was having issues with security, and the fall was the final straw.

Loretta Lynn

Born in the coal mining and moonshining town of Butcher Hollow, Kentucky, Loretta Lynn used to receive one pair of brogan shoes per year. They were "two sizes too large so we could grow into them before we got another pair the following year," she wrote in her memoir.

Today, the coal miner’s daughter lives in a sprawling compound six hours from Butcher’s Hollow.

But first, let’s take a look at Lynn’s first home.

Her First House in Tennessee

Lynn moved into this cozy house in Madison, Tennessee, in 1961, when she was about 30 years old.

Lynn, who was married to Oliver Lynn at the time, "sold everything to get to Nashville from Washington state," according to the listing.

It’s sold in 2020 for $337,000.

It Wasn't Always This BIg

Currently, the house has 1,820 square feet, with three bedrooms and two bathrooms. But when the Lynns lived there, it was significantly smaller.

An additional room was built onto the house sometime in the 1980s.

Hanging Curtains with Patsy Cline

According to the listing, the Lynns hosted a housewarming party, and Patsy Cline ordered curtains and furniture for the couple.

The Kitchen

The house was built in 1955 and has been updated since the Lynns lived there — but maybe not too much.

You're Lookin' at Country

Compare the kitchen cabinets with those seen in these photos of Loretta in the house.

They look pretty similar. Maybe they’re original?

Don't Come Home A-Drinkin'

The Lynns lived here until 1963, when her career was picking up.

That same year, she released "Loretta Lynn Sings," her debut studio album, and moved to another part of Tennessee.

The Ranch

Lynn owns a huge dude ranch in Hurricane Mills, Tennessee, which she uses as a commercial property.

There are museums, lodging cabins, campgrounds, stores, a recording studio, horse riding trails and motocross races.

There’s also a replica cabin of where Lynn grew up.

This Haunted House

Lynn moved into the Hurricane Mills house in 1966. And allegedly, it's haunted.

According to Loretta Lynn's Ranch website, the plantation is haunted by a woman in white named Beaula Anderson, who died from grief 12 days after witnessing the death of her son.

She can be spotted wringing her hands in grief and crying. People also have seen the ghosts of Civil War soldiers roaming the grounds.

Coal Miner's Daughter

Loretta Lynn's replica cabin from Butcher Hollow

This is the replica cabin of where Lynn grew up in Butcher Hollow. Now 87, Lynn is one of the greatest singers to have ever lived.

Fist City

Hurricane Mills is an unincorporated county in Tennessee.

It shares a zip code with Buffalo, another unincorporated community.

Together, the population is 674.

Kenny Rogers

Kenny Rogers has owned and sold lots of real estate throughout his life, but we’re focusing on the most recent house he sold, located in Atlanta, Georgia.

On a Warm Summer’s Eve

"The Gambler" picked up this house, located in the well-to-do suburbs, for $1.5 million in early 2012.

On a Train Bound for Nowhere

Living room in Kenny Rogers' Atlanta house

It’s quite a hefty home. The mansion has 12,730 square feet, six bedrooms and eight-and-a-half bathrooms.

I Met Up With the Gambler

Rogers went about renovating the house and then put the home back on the market again two years later, this time for $4.5 million in 2014.

It was a gamble. How did it pay off?

You’ve Gotta Know When to Hold ‘Em

Not too well. Rogers wasn’t able to make $3 million off the offer, but he may have made a profit.

He sold the home for $2.38 million, about a million more than he originally bought it for. But you also have to factor in six years of property taxes, agent fees and renovation costs, whatever that may be.

One of the rooms he did a good job updating was the kitchen, which you can see when looking at the old listing photos.

Know When to Fold ‘Em

This green room has been outfitted with leopard and zebra print. That’s definitely a mark of the "Gambler."

Know When to Walk Away

There’s a game room with marble flooring, which includes a modest ping-pong table and a not-so-modest wet bar.

And Know When to Run

The theater seats nine, and comes with a coffered ceiling, painted to resemble a cloudy sky.

You Never Count Your Money

The master bedroom features a grand four-post bed with floor-to-ceiling windows, a coffered ceiling and one absolutely massive flower pot.

When You're Sittin' at the Table

The closet, at one point, featured all of Rogers’ many, many clothes.

There'll Be Time Enough for Countin'

Out back is a lavish patio with a grand pool and spa combo.

The Mediterranean villa sits on a 1.5-acre lot.

When the Dealin's Done

Rogers was born in Houston, Texas, in 1938 but lived in the Atlanta area for over a decade. He retired in 2017 and died in 2020 at the age of 81.

He will always be one of the most influential country artists.

Ever.

Kenny Chesney

Over his successful career, hitmaker Kenny Chesney has collected plenty of real estate. He's owned homes in Malibu, the U.S. Virgin Islands and this one in Franklin, Tennessee.

Chesney has sold over 30 million albums worldwide and, as of 2018, had a net worth of $37 million.

Bella Luce

Kenny Chesney's opulent estate against the green Tennessee landscape is called "Bella Luce." In August 2021, Chesney listed the home for $13.9 million.

You Had Me at Hello

It's a sunny, cavernous living room.

When I See This Bar

Reclaimed walnut, hand-forged cedar and Douglas fir and Venetian plaster line the walls in floors throughout the home.

The Good Stuff

The place has a bright and airy workspace.

Setting the World on Fire

Chesney began living in this home in 2009 after his brief marriage to actress Renée Zellweger.

When the Sun Goes Down

The 12,599-square-foot estate has four bedrooms and is made mostly with stone and brick.

Big Star

This lavish screening room features red brocade wall panels and filigree screens.

Live a Little

The billiards room is between three bedrooms on the second floor.

Down the Road

There is plenty of parking for cars.

Alan Jackson

Alan Jackson and his wife Denise, love the lavish lifestyle. They've lived on a variety of estates, including modeled after the antebellum mansion, Tara, in "Gone with the Wind." It sold for $28 million in 2010.