diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d6d98b5e974..8b684bd8654 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -17,7 +17,9 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - Add unit to view instrument selection criteria
   ([#3341](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/pull/3341))
 - Upgrade opentelemetry-proto to 0.20 and regen
-  [#3355](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/pull/3355))
+  ([#3355](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/pull/3355))
+- LogRecord now JSON serializes resource objects to match ReadableSpan and MetricsData equivalents
+  ([#3345](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/issues/3345))
 
 ## Version 1.18.0/0.39b0 (2023-05-04)
 
diff --git a/opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/_logs/_internal/__init__.py b/opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/_logs/_internal/__init__.py
index 578ce2c3916..9055968a4a5 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/_logs/_internal/__init__.py
+++ b/opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/_logs/_internal/__init__.py
@@ -212,9 +212,9 @@ def to_json(self, indent=4) -> str:
                 if self.span_id is not None
                 else "",
                 "trace_flags": self.trace_flags,
-                "resource": repr(self.resource.attributes)
+                "resource": json.loads(self.resource.to_json())
                 if self.resource
-                else "",
+                else None,
             },
             indent=indent,
         )
diff --git a/opentelemetry-sdk/tests/logs/test_log_record.py b/opentelemetry-sdk/tests/logs/test_log_record.py
index 1f0bd785a85..6d5c3da0e20 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-sdk/tests/logs/test_log_record.py
+++ b/opentelemetry-sdk/tests/logs/test_log_record.py
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 from opentelemetry.attributes import BoundedAttributes
 from opentelemetry.sdk._logs import LogLimits, LogRecord
+from opentelemetry.sdk.resources import Resource
 
 
 class TestLogRecord(unittest.TestCase):
@@ -32,7 +33,7 @@ def test_log_record_to_json(self):
                 "trace_id": "",
                 "span_id": "",
                 "trace_flags": None,
-                "resource": "",
+                "resource": None,
             },
             indent=4,
         )
@@ -42,6 +43,30 @@ def test_log_record_to_json(self):
         ).to_json()
         self.assertEqual(expected, actual)
 
+    def test_log_record_to_json_with_resource(self):
+        """Should JSON serialize/deserialize Resource objects within log records."""
+        expected = json.dumps(
+            {
+                "body": "a log line",
+                "severity_number": "None",
+                "severity_text": None,
+                "attributes": None,
+                "timestamp": "1970-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z",
+                "trace_id": "",
+                "span_id": "",
+                "trace_flags": None,
+                "resource": {"attributes": {"foo": "bar"}, "schema_url": ""},
+            },
+            indent=4,
+        )
+
+        actual = LogRecord(
+            timestamp=0,
+            body="a log line",
+            resource=Resource(attributes={"foo": "bar"}),
+        ).to_json()
+        self.assertEqual(expected, actual)
+
     def test_log_record_bounded_attributes(self):
         attr = {"key": "value"}