Connie Britton Opens Up About Isolating Move from California to Tennessee: ‘I Didn’t Know a Soul’

Mar. 15, 2025

Connie Britton in October 2024.Photo:Vivien Killilea/Getty

Vivien Killilea/Getty

Connie Brittonis getting candid about her previous move to Tennessee after years of living in California.

While she had relocated to the south in 2012 for her role as Rayna Jaymes in the AMC dramaNashville, Britton didn’t anticipate the challenges she would face after having just adopted her son from Ethiopia.

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She added that because living in a new city as a single mom was a hard transition for her at first, she eventually had to seek some help.

“I went into [that chapter of my life] a little bit blindly, not really fully anticipating what it is to be a single mom and how difficult that is, and what you’re taking on in doing that,” she said.

Britton, whose new movieThe Life Listis out March 28, noted, “I had a stay-at-home nanny. So I realized, ‘Oh my gosh, at least I have help.'”

Connie Britton in February 2025.Kristina Bumphrey/Variety via Getty

Kristina Bumphrey/Variety via Getty

The actress’ decision to adopt her son came after she traveled to Ethiopia in the early 2000s for a documentary about the country’s orphan population.

Years later, she asked herself, “What am I waiting for?” and came to the realization that she wanted to be a mom despite being single at the time.

“I know that I hadn’t achieved the kind of partnership that I was looking for to have a spouse and a child together,” Britton shared. “And so I thought, ‘This is the time, I’m going to start the adoption process.'”

Connie Britton and David Windsor in March 2025.Matt Winkelmeyer/VF25/WireImage

Matt Winkelmeyer/VF25/WireImage

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Years after settling into life as a single mom, Britton began dating her now-partner David Windsor in 2019.

The star noted toParadehow her relationship with Windsor has lifted her up in all aspects of her life — including motherhood and in her career.

“What I was really looking for was a partnership where there’s constant growth, on both sides, and a sort of deepening of each other,” she said. “It’s not just like, ‘Oh, I found true love.’ It’s that I found somebody who I can walk on a journey with that is going to be constantly ever-changing.”

source: people.com