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Jill Wagner raises daughters in Tennessee town of 800

Wagner, star of Lioness and A Very Arctic Christmas, says she loves the small-town mentality; the family hopes to add chickens and goats.

On air: Vera Bullock and Chip Darnell on The Five O'Clock
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  1. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorLioness star Jill Wagner traded Hollywood for a Tennessee town of eight hundred people, where Mennonites still ride horses and buggies, Fox News reports.

  2. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorShe's raising her two daughters on a farm there. Honestly, that sounds lovely.

  3. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorLovely? Chip, an action star left the entire industry, and I need everyone to stay calm while I panic.

  4. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorI don't care about celebrity moves at all. Which state, though?

  5. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorTennessee. She and her family looked around North Carolina first, found nothing, and then found the property.

  6. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorNothing in North Carolina. That's the most devastating review a state can get.

  7. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorNow the part that really makes this story sing.

  8. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorShe says she waited in the post office line behind a Mennonite and got a good look at the horse and buggy.

  9. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorThe Drama Index gives this story a two out of ten, which I deliver with my hand on my heart.

  10. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorA two, because her daughters love running barefoot in the dirt, but she told Fox she doesn't know about farm girl.

  11. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorThe goats are still pending.

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