Jaden measured a house and made a scale drawing. The scale he used was 4 centimeters : 3 meters. In the drawing, the living room is 8 centimeters long. What is the length of the actual living room?

If the scale used was 4 centimeters: 3 meters, and the length of the living room in the drawing is 8 centimeters, then the actual length of the living room is:

(8 centimeters) * (3 meters / 4 centimeters) = 6 meters. Answer: \boxed{6}.