Chase, along with Audrey Peeples, left Nashville as a series regular in June.
Season 5 of Nashville premieres Thursday, Jan. 5 at 9/8c on CMT.
Nashville fans are buzzing over a behind-the-scenes photo tweeted by Chris Carmack Sunday, showing him side by side with former series regular Will Chase, whose character Luke Wheeler got left at the altar by Connie Britton’s Rayna Jaymes.
The photo was captioned, “It’s always a good day opening up for Luke Wheeler!”