I don't know if this will work for anyone else. But I tried it and it worked my issue with the tabs. In your settings, at the very bottom is the advanced arrow. When you click on it more options are available. Scroll down until you see System. You will see this button,
Continue running background apps when Google Chrome is closed
Click on it to turn it off.
I have tried it a few times since and I have not had that issue happen again. Hopefully it will work for others as well