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Spirit Realty Capital, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “Company”) – Issuance and sale of $450,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 2.100% Senior Notes due 2028 (the “2028 Notes”) and $350,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 2.700% Senior Notes due 2032 (the “2032 Notes” and together with the 2028 Notes, collectively, the “Notes”) by Spirit Realty, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the “Operating Partnership”), pursuant to a Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration Nos. 333-249459 and 333-249459-01) (the “Registration Statement”)

the corporate charter of the Company (the “Charter”) represented by Articles of Restatement filed with the State Department of Assessments and Taxation of Maryland (the “SDAT”) on August 21, 2013,

the Fifth Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company, dated as of August 10, 2017 (the “Bylaws”);

resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors of the Company, or a duly authorized committee thereof, on or as of February 19, 2021 and February 22, 2021, which, among other things, authorized the issuance of the Notes (collectively, the “Directors’ Resolutions”);

the Second Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of Spirit General OP Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company of which the Company is the sole member, which is the sole general partner of the Operating Partnership, dated as of March 25, 2015 (the “LLC Agreement”);

the Second Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Spirit Realty, L.P., dated as of October 3, 2017 (the “Partnership Agreement”);

the Indenture, dated as of August 18, 2016 (the “Base Indenture”), by and between the Operating Partnership and U.S. Bank, National Association (the “Trustee”), as supplemented by the Sixth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of March 3, 2021, relating to the 2028 Notes (the “Sixth Supplemental Indenture”), and the Seventh Supplemental Indenture, dated as of March 3, 2021, relating to the 2032 Notes (the “Seventh Supplemental Indenture” and together with the Base Indenture and the Sixth Supplemental Indenture, the “Indenture”), each by and among the Operating Partnership, the Company and the Trustee;

a certificate of one or more officers of the Company, dated as of a recent date (the “Officers’ Certificate”), to the effect that, among other things, the Charter, the Bylaws, the Directors’ Resolutions, the LLC Agreement and the Partnership Agreement are true, correct and complete and have not been rescinded or modified, and that the Charter, the Bylaws, the Directors’ Resolutions, the LLC Agreement and the Partnership Agreement are in full force and effect, as of the date of the Officers’ Certificate, and certifying as to the manner of

the Registration Statement and the related base prospectus and prospectus supplement included therein, in substantially the form filed or to be filed with the Commission pursuant to the Act;

a status certificate of the SDAT, dated as of a recent date, to the effect that the Company is duly incorporated and existing under the laws of the State of Maryland; and

such other laws, records, documents, certificates, opinions and instruments as we have deemed necessary to render this opinion, subject to the limitations, assumptions and qualifications noted below.

each person executing any instrument, document or agreement on behalf of any party (other than the Company) is duly authorized to do so;

each natural person executing any instrument, document or agreement is legally competent to do so;

there are no material modifications of, or amendments to, the pertinent sections of the Indenture (which includes the Guarantee);

all documents submitted to us as originals are authentic; all documents submitted to us as certified, facsimile or photostatic copies conform to the original document; all signatures on all documents submitted to us for examination are genuine; and all public records reviewed are accurate and complete;

the Officers’ Certificate and all other certificates submitted to us are true and correct both when made and as of the date hereof; and

each of the parties thereto (other than the Company) have duly and validly authorized, executed and delivered each instrument, document and agreement, including but not limited to the Indenture, executed in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Indenture to which such party is a signatory, and such party’s obligations set forth therein are its legal, valid and binding obligations, enforceable in accordance with their respective terms.

The Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Maryland.

The execution and delivery by the Company, acting in its own capacity, of the Sixth Supplemental Indenture (which includes the 2028 Notes Guarantee) and the Seventh Supplemental Indenture (which includes the 2032 Notes Guarantee) have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Company, and the Sixth Supplemental Indenture (which includes the 2028 Notes Guarantee) and the Seventh Supplemental Indenture (which includes the 2032 Notes Guarantee) have been duly executed and delivered by the Company.