After completing his undergraduate studies, Chris worked for the Commonwealth of Virginia in the Emergency Management field and for Virginia Power focusing on Nuclear Security and Emergency Preparedness. He returned home to Baldwin County to raise his family where he is a small business owner who has started several successful small businesses.

Senator Elliott is an active member of the Alabama Senate where he serves as Vice-Chairman of the Senate Government Affairs Committee and serves on the Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry Committee, the Tourism Committee, the Transpiration and Energy Committee, the Banking & Insurance Committee, the Education Policy Committee and was elected by his fellow Senators to serve on the Joint Sunset Committee. Senator Elliott formerly served as the Chairman of the Baldwin County Commission and the Chairman of the Eastern Shore Metropolitan Planning Organization as well as on various national, statewide and countywide boards and committees. Commissioner Elliott also served on the Board of Directors of Baldwin County United Way. In 2015 he was recognized as one of the Mobile Area's top 40 under 40 young leaders by Mobile Bay Monthly Magazine and in 2018 he was recognized in the Yellowhammer Power & Influence 50, an annual list of the 50 most powerful and influential players in Alabama politics, business and state government. He is a graduate of the Alabama Leadership Initiative.

Active in Republican politics for over a decade, Senator Elliott has worked with numerous statewide and local political campaigns in both Virginia and Alabama. Senator Elliott served on the Executive Committee of the Baldwin County Republican Party formerly as Vice Chairman for Commission District 2, served on the Steering Committee of the Baldwin County Republican Party, the Executive Committee of the Alabama Republican Party, is a member and past Chairman of the Baldwin County Young Republicans, is an associate member of both the Eastern Shore and South Baldwin Republican Women.

Senator Elliott and his family are members of St. James Episcopal Church of Fairhope where he served as an usher and served on the Church's Vestry. Senator Elliott is an avid sailor, white water rafter and upland bird hunter.