Jana Kramer is opening up about not being able to afford to give her children the life she wanted for them.During a recent interview with Fox News Digital, the 42-year-old actress spoke about her new film, "The One," and how moving to Nashville, Tennessee has allowed her to give her kids the childhood she had."I remember being in Studio City with the two kids, and we couldn't afford to have a bigger place with a bigger backyard and neighborhoods like that.Again, we just couldn't afford certain neighborhoods and, for me, Tennessee has just always been a place that every time I land, my nervous system just like relaxes, it feels calm," she said.As someone who grew up in the Midwest, she "struggled" with the idea that some of her "greatest memories as a child" included running around her "neighborhood and just going from friend's house to friend's house," and staying out playing "until the sun went down."Kramer recalled not being able to afford the life she wanted to give her children when living in Los Angeles.
(Jason Kempin/Getty Images)JANA KRAMER SAYS HOLDING ON TO TOXIC RELATIONSHIPS 'DRAINS YOU' UNTIL YOU ‘START LOSING YOURSELF' COMPLETELYAfter moving to Tennessee, she said it now brings her joy to watch her children having a similar childhood, spending their days "on their bikes and going to their friends houses," noting "it just makes me feel like home.""I love it here.You can always go back," she added.
"You can always go to Hollywood, but things have changed so much with self-tapes, which I actually don't love, but you can.It's a plane away."WATCH: Jana Kramer moved to Nashville to give her kids a taste of her Midwestern childhoodThe "One Tree Hill" star explained that while she knows many people who are raising their children in Los Angeles, and "that's amazing for them," she enjoys the "totally different life" in Tennessee.She attributes her affinity towards Tennessee to her own upbringing in Michigan, noting she values how she was raised, "that I just...