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A showbiz power couple have made their family home Fort Worth, Texas after spending years in Los Angeles, because they say they want a 'normal' upbringing for their children.
Sainty and Eric Nelsen recently told KHOU11 all about their decision to move back to Sainty's hometown after years in coastal entertainment cities.
The pair met in New York while they were successfully pursuing their respective stage and screen careers.
They soon married and moved to Los Angeles, where they solidified their Hollywood success - the pair have between them, two Tony Awards and Seven Emmys.
But after the birth of their daughter, they decided that Texas could offer something LA couldn't - a 'normal, amazing upbringing with good foundations.'
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Sainty (left) and Eric (right) Nelsen, and their two children, made the move in the last few years to Fort Worth, Texas, from the hills of Hollywood
Despite their mainstream success, Eric says he had always known he wanted to settle down in his wife's down-to-earth hometown.
'I knew one day I wanted to live here. I just didn't know when I was going to be possible. So we had our daughter and I was finally like, okay, maybe this is the time,' he said.
'Let's take her out of LA, let's go be around family. Let's have her in a normal, amazing upbringing with good foundations. So we made the move!'
After trading the exorbitantly priced, homeless encampment-filled streets of LA for Fort Worth, Nelsen received career news that seemingly confirmed the wisdom of the family's move.
He got a call from 'Yellowstone' creator Taylor Sheridan, who told him he'd been cast in the show's prequel, '1883,' which films in Fort Worth.
'I was like, wait a minute, we're living in Fort Worth, Texas!' Eric says was his response when he got the call.
Since '1883' began shooting in the Nelsen's new backyard, they haven't looked back on their decision to make the city their new home.
Sainty said the pair, and their children, have 'really embraced the whole cowboy/cowgirl culture.'
