I guess we’ll have to find another Nashville celebrity home to take the lead spot in our informal “Tour of the Stars Homes” that we take friends on when they come visit us in Nashville for the first time.
Sadly, Alan Jackson’s 19,000 square-foot home is now for sale. His house has been the highlight of our tour for many years. (UPDATE: It’s been sold! See details below.)
Asking Price
Alan Jackson and wife Denise have said that they’ve been wanting to downsize, but it wasn’t until recently that they put their house up for sale.
The address for this Alan Jackson house is: 1301 Moran Road in Franklin, Tennessee.
The stonework at the gated entrance to the house says “Sweetbriar” — the name he affectionately gave to his 135-acre property.
The asking price for Alan Jackson’s 6-bedroom, 7-1/2 bathroom house built in 1997 is $38 million.
Photos Of Alan Jackson’s Home
We’ve driven by several times. Often, in our Jeep Wrangler that we named AJ — see why we named our Jeep after Alan Jackson.
We’ve also seen (and taken) photos of various parts of Alan Jackson’s home in the past.
But ours are nothing compared to these!…
Unique Features In & Around AJ’s House
As you can see from the photos, Alan Jackson’s home has the following:
- a 20-car garage
- full-size gymnasium
- an airplane landing pad
- in-ground pool
- 3 ponds
- several guest cabins
- 5 fireplaces
- home theater room
- marble floors & hallways
- boat dock
- huge balcony
Additional features include a satellite dish, burglar alarm, and Williamson County schools (Franklin High School).
Bordered by Harpeth River, surrounded by equestrian estates. Amenities include stocked & aerated lake with boat house & 3 ponds. 20 car garage, gymnasium, 2 bed log cabin overlooking river, barn with 2 bed apartment above, pole barn & more.
~ Agee and Johnson
A Virtual Tour Of Alan Jackson’s House
You can also take a virtual tour of Alan Jackson’s home:
In this virtual tour, you get to see all of the same spaces highlighted above, but you get a full 360-degree view of each of them:
A Few Random Thoughts…
- The swimming pool is amazing. But I can’t imagine how hard the pool boy has to work to keep the leaves out of that pool!
- The gymnasium is really cool too. Somehow I don’t see that being used very much though.
- Alan’s “car garage” is literally a museum. What a cool collection of Alan Jackson’s favorite things!
Here are even more photos of Alan Jackson’s home for sale in Franklin, TN.
UPDATE #1:
Alan Jackson’s Franklin, Tennessee home sold for $28M!
The buyer is a trust in the names of Willis and Reba Johnson. Willis Johnson is the founder and chairman of publicly traded Copart Inc., a Fairfield, Calif. company that auctions off wrecked cars for insurance companies and other institutions. He resigned as CEO of the company in February. Corporate filings indicate Johnson’s 11.4 percent stake in Copart is worth roughly $340 million.
~ Nashville Post
UPDATE #2:
After 17 years in his Sweetbriar home, Alan Jackson moved his family into a smaller home. (Here’s the story.)
In 2010, Alan Jackson said goodbye to Sweetbriar, his 135-acre estate in Franklin, Tenn., which he sold for $28 million. The “Gone Country” singer then moved into a slightly smaller but equally luxurious home in the same Nashville suburb. Perched on top of a hill, the 14,000-square-foot mansion offers panoramic views of the scenic surroundings. The singer and his wife paid $3.675 million for the estate in June 2010, but less than a year later, they’ve listed the home for $3.995 million.
Other Alan Jackson Homes: Past & Present
Alan Jackson owns a lot of homes!
Here are some photos and videos of some of the most notable ones:
- This is Alan Jackson’s Center Hill Lake house in Nashville that he sold for $5M back in 2012.
- Here are 67 photos of Alan Jackson’s Georgia lake house that sold for $6M in 2017. (more photos here)
- Another former Nashville home of Alan Jackson is this hilltop monumental stone beauty located in Franklin that sold for $19M in 2021. (more photos here and here)
- Check out the photos and video of Alan Jackson’s 2024 house purchase: a $3M mansion in Nashville
And how sweet is this??? The video for Alan Jackson’s 1990 song “Home” includes photos of his parents’ house (Gene and Ruth):
The lyrics are just as sweet…
In a small town down in Georgia over 40 years ago
Her maiden name was Musik til she met that Jackson boy
They married young like folks did then, not a penny to their name
But they believe the one you vow to love Should always stay that same
And on the land his daddy gave him, a foundation under way
For a love to last forever or until their dying day
They built a bond that’s strong enough to stand the test of time
And a place for us to turn to when our lives were in a bind
And they made their house from a tool shed
Grandaddy rolled down on two logs
And they built walls all around it
And they made that house a home
They taught us ’bout good living
They taught is right and wrong
Lord there’ll never be another place
In this world I’ll call home
My momma raised five children, four girls then there was me
She found her strength with faith in God and love of family
She never had a social life, home was all she knew
Except the time she took a job, to play a bill or two
My daddy skinned his knuckles on the cars that he repaired
He never earned much money but he gave us all he had
He never made the front page but he did the best he could
And folks drove their cars from miles around To let him look underneath the hood
And they made their house from a tool shed
Grandaddy rolled down on two logs
And they built walls all around it
And they made that house a home
They taught us ’bout good living
They taught is right and wrong
Lord there’ll never be another place
In this world I’ll call home
No there’ll never be another place in this world
That I’ll call home
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