13 Celebrities Who've Embraced Farm Life

Celebrity success has always been measured by lavish spending, Beverly Hills mansions, private chefs, and front-row seats at every Hollywood event. Lately, though, a different lifestyle has been catching on among A-listers. Instead of opting for modern mansions in Los Angeles, many celebrities are buying farms , ranches, and country estates. That's right: their mornings start with feeding animals instead of sitting in traffic. Some have stepped away from Hollywood almost entirely, others return home to acres of land, vegetable gardens, horses, and a pace of life that feels worlds away from the entertainment industry. It's interesting to see how many stars have decided that the real luxury is having enough space to slow down, spend time with family, and reconnect with nature. Below are celebrities who have embraced the messy, chaotic, yet beautiful farm life. Ian Somerhalder Ian Somerhalder spent years playing supernatural heartthrobs on Lost and The Vampire Diaries , but his life now looks very different from the one that made him famous. Somerhalder has largely stopped acting and spends much of his time on the farm he shares with his wife, Twilight actress Nikki Reed, and their two children. The couple has centered its family life around nature, animals, environmental work, and regenerative agriculture, a method of farming intended to improve soil and restore damaged ecosystems. His interest in the land can be traced partly to his childhood in rural Louisiana, where members of his family had farmed for generations. It grew stronger after a trip to Zimbabwe, where he stayed in military tents and documented efforts to restore degraded landscapes. Somerhalder has said the experience changed the direction of his life and helped inspire his work on environmental documentaries including Kiss the Ground , Common Ground , and Groundswell . Although he misses the people he worked with on film and television sets, he has said he does not miss the acting itself. These days, his priorities involve farming, environmental advocacy , and raising his children in a home where family life is connected to the outdoors. Millie Bobby Brown The Stranger Things star has become just as well known for her love of animals as she is for playing Eleven. Millie Bobby Brown and her husband, Jake Bongiovi, live on a farm in Georgia , where she cares for dozens of animals, including goats, donkeys, lambs, dogs, and horses. She has even built a rescue sanctuary on the property through her organization, Joey's Friends. Brown has said country life suits her far more than Hollywood, explaining that she isn't living on a farm because it's trendy, but that she genuinely loves caring for animals, her daughter, and being surrounded by nature. Tom Welling After spending 10 seasons playing Clark Kent on Smallville , Tom Welling was used to long shoots, constant attention, and life in Los Angeles. The pandemic made him question whether that was still the environment he wanted for his growing family. In 2020, Welling and his wife, Jessica Rose Lee, traveled to Northern California with their young son to visit family. At the time, their child was beginning to crawl, but their Los Angeles home offered little outdoor space beyond a small deck. During the visit, they found a ranch with two houses and decided not to wait for the quieter future they had imagined. Welling now lives in a rural Northern California community with his wife and their two sons. The family raises and breeds sport horses, an operation primarily led by Jessica, while Welling helps with the animals and property. He has not retired from acting. Welling hosts the Smallville rewatch podcast TalkVille with Michael Rosenbaum and continues to accept film projects. The difference is that Hollywood is no longer the center of his daily life. “It’s peaceful,” Welling told People of ranch life. “And it feels real.” Jennifer Garner Jennifer Garner may spend much of her year filming, but one place she always returns to is her family's Oklahoma farm . Located in Locust Grove, the property has been in her family since 1936, when her grandfather purchased the original 20 acres during the Great Depression. Over the decades, the farm grew alongside the family, becoming a place where generations learned to garden, raise livestock, and live off the land. Garner has called it her "favorite place" and regularly shares glimpses of farm life with fans, whether she's driving a tractor, harvesting pumpkins, or helping plant crops alongside her uncle. In 2017, she purchased the property from him to keep it in the family while giving it new life. Today, the organic farm also serves as a small supplier for Once Upon a Farm, the children's food company she co-owns, growing ingredients like blueberries, pumpkins, field peas, rye, and wildflowers using sustainable farming practices. James Van Der Beek Best known for playing Dawson Leery on Dawson's Creek , James Van Der Beek spent years working in Los Angeles before deciding his family needed something different. In 2020, he and his wife, Kimberly, left Beverly Hills for Texas, trading city life for wide open spaces where they could raise their six children. The family embraced a much slower pace, spending their days surrounded by nature and farm animals while documenting everything from gardening to horseback riding. Van Der Beek often spoke about how the move helped them reconnect with what mattered most and gave his children the freedom to grow up outdoors instead of in the middle of Hollywood. Just weeks before his death in February 2026, Van Der Beek finalized the purchase of a larger ranch for his family. Friends later revealed that the property had been a longtime dream, and after his passing, Kimberly remained committed to raising their children there and preserving the peaceful life they had built together. Miranda Lambert Miranda Lambert has long embraced country living , but in recent years, her Tennessee farm has become the heart of her life away from the stage. The Grammy-winning singer shares the property with her husband, former NYPD officer Brendan McLoughlin, where they're surrounded by horses, chickens, goats, rescue animals, and plenty of open land. Lambert is a lifelong animal lover and founded MuttNation Foundation, a nonprofit that helps rescue and rehome shelter pets across the country. Her farm often doubles as a haven for many of those animals, and she regularly shares glimpses of feeding livestock, riding horses, gardening, and tackling everyday farm chores on social media. While she's still touring and recording music, Lambert has made it clear that life on the farm is where she feels most at home. Jared Padalecki Jared Padalecki, better known to many viewers as Rory Gilmore’s first boyfriend, Dean, did not wait until the end of Supernatural to leave Los Angeles. Padalecki and his wife, actress Genevieve Padalecki, moved to Austin, Texas, in 2010. He had grown up in San Antonio, and the couple wanted a slower, more grounded environment in which to build their family. They later bought a home outside the center of Austin and transformed it into a warm modern farmhouse inspired by old Texas homesteads. The property is home to their three children, dogs, chickens, bees, and a lot of land. Genevieve gardens, keeps animals, and shares parts of their home life through her lifestyle platform, while Jared has continued working in television. The move did not end his career. Supernatural remained on the air until 2020, and Padalecki later starred in and executive-produced Walker , which was filmed in Austin. That arrangement allowed him to keep acting without uprooting his family or returning full-time to Los Angeles. Amanda Seyfried Amanda Seyfried may still be one of Hollywood's busiest actresses , but she has no interest in living there full time. The Emmy winner calls a farmhouse in New York's Catskill Mountains home, where she and her husband, Thomas Sadoski, are raising their two children surrounded by goats, horses, cats, and plenty of open space. Seyfried has said moving upstate was "the best decision" she ever made because it gave her more privacy, peace, and a healthier balance than city life. When she's not filming, she's tending her vegetable garden, feeding animals, or simply enjoying the slower pace that farm life offers. Tom Green At the height of his fame, Tom Green represented an especially loud and chaotic era of celebrity culture. His MTV series made him famous for outrageous stunts, public pranks, and comedy. Years later, Green traded Los Angeles for a farm in rural Ontario, Canada, not far from where he grew up. His days now involve caring for animals, exploring the countryside, hosting online shows, and creating comedy on his own terms. Green documented the transition in the Prime Video series Tom Green Country and the film This Is the Tom Green Documentary . Both projects look back at his strange rise to fame while showing the calmer life he built after returning to Canada. He has not abandoned entertainment, but he no longer needs to live inside the celebrity machine to make something. Green records podcasts, performs stand-up, makes music, and produces videos from his farm, where the setting is more likely to include a mule or a chicken than an MTV executive. Rachel Ward Rachel Ward became an international name after appearing in the 1983 miniseries The Thorn Birds , one of the most-watched television events of its era. Instead of remaining in Hollywood , the British-born actress built a new life in Australia with her husband and former co-star, Bryan Brown. The couple eventually settled on a cattle farm in New South Wales, where Ward became increasingly interested in land management and regenerative farming. She has continued working as a director and filmmaker, but farm life has occupied a central place in her identity for years. Ward has been candid about finding parts of Hollywood empty and unfulfilling. On the farm, her concerns became far more physical and immediate: caring for livestock, restoring the land, responding to drought, and learning how agriculture affects the environment. Kelly Clarkson Kelly Clarkson continues to host The Kelly Clarkson Show and record music, but whenever she gets the chance, she escapes to her Montana ranch, which she has called her "forever home." Tucked away in the mountains, the property includes a cozy two-bedroom cabin, guest cabins for family and friends, and plenty of room to enjoy the outdoors. Clarkson has said she loves hearing the sounds of nature instead of traffic and prefers the intimacy of her Montana home to the glitz of Los Angeles. Katherine Heigl Katherine Heigl has spent more than a decade building a quieter life in Utah after stepping away from the nonstop pace of Hollywood. She and her husband, musician Josh Kelley, raised their three children on a 25-acre property surrounded by mountain views, where Heigl embraced a slower lifestyle centered on family and nature. The actress has said leaving Los Angeles brought her greater peace, contentment, and the chance to be more present during her children's teenage years. In 2026, however, the couple decided it was time for a new chapter, listing the property for sale and moving into a restored Victorian farmhouse nearby as they downsized while staying in the same community they had come to love. Adrian Grenier For several years, Adrian Grenier was best known as Vincent Chase, the actor at the center of HBO’s Entourage . The role placed him inside a fictional version of Hollywood excess, surrounded by parties, expensive cars, and people competing for proximity to fame. Grenier later left Los Angeles and settled on a farm outside Austin, Texas. He and his wife, Jordan Roemmele, have worked to create a more self-sufficient home with gardens, animals, and space to raise their children away from the constant attention of a major entertainment hub. The actor has spoken about becoming tired of chasing the next job and the next level of professional approval. Farm life gave him practical responsibilities that had nothing to do with being recognized. Food had to be grown, animals had to be cared for , and the land required daily attention whether anyone was watching or not. Grenier still acts and works on environmental projects, but his priorities have changed considerably since his Entourage years.