Real Life is the third and final studio album by American country music artist Jeff Carson. It contains the single "Real Life (I Never Was the Same Again)", a top 20 hit on the Billboard country music charts in mid-2001 and Carson's first Top 40 country hit since 1996's "Holdin' Onto Something". None of the other singles from this album were Top 40 hits. After that album's release, Carson retired from the music business to become a police officer.
Justin Niebank produced tracks 1, 3, and 4, with songwriter Max T. Barnes producing the rest.
Contents
Personnel
Jeff Carson – lead vocals
Steve Nathan – keyboards (1, 3, 4)
Justin Niebank – keyboards (1, 3, 4), additional programming (1, 3, 4)
Tony Harrell – keyboards (2, 5–10)
Catherine Styron – keyboards (2, 5–10)
Max T. Barnes – acoustic piano (2, 5–10), keyboards (2, 5–10), electric guitars (2, 5–10), bass (2, 5–10), backing vocals (5–9)
B. James Lowry – acoustic guitars (1, 3, 4)
Brent Mason – electric guitars (1, 3, 4)
Kelly Back – electric guitars (2, 5–10)
Larry Beaird – acoustic guitars (2, 5–10)
Paul Franklin – steel guitar (1, 3, 4)
Scotty Sanders – steel guitar (2, 5–10)
Michael Rhodes – bass
Glenn Worf – bass (2, 5–10)
Chris McHugh – drums (1, 3, 4), programming (1, 3, 4)
Lonnie Wilson – drums (2, 5–10)
Eric Darken – percussion (1, 3, 4)
Stuart Duncan – fiddle (1, 3, 4)
Aubrey Haynie – fiddle (2, 5–10)
John Catchings – cello (1)
Kristin Wilkinson – viola (1)
David Angell – violin (1)
David Davidson – violin (1)
Billy Davis – backing vocals (1, 3)
Chip Davis – backing vocals (1, 3, 4)
Karen Marley – backing vocals (1, 3)
Amaleia Ruble – backing vocals (1, 3)
Leslie Satcher – backing vocals (2)
Bob Bailey – backing vocals (5)
Vicki Hampton – backing vocals (5)
Yvonne Hodges – backing vocals (5)
John Wesley Ryles – backing vocals (5, 6)
Lisa Silver – backing vocals (5, 8, 9)
Connie Stitch – backing vocals (7)
Amy Dalley – backing vocals (10)
Production
Justin Niebank – engineer (1, 3, 4), mixing (1, 3, 4)
Craig White – engineer (2, 5–10), mixing (2, 5–10)
Alex Chan – assistant engineer (1, 3, 4)
Daniel Kresco – assistant engineer (2, 5–10)
Jim Skinner – assistant engineer (2, 5–10)
Aaron Swihart – assistant engineer (2, 5–10)
The Work Station (Nashville, Tennessee) – digital editing location (2, 5–10)
Robert Hadley – mastering
Doug Sax – mastering
The Mastering Lab (Hollywood, California) – mastering location
Cathy White – production coordinator (2, 5–10)
Russ Harrington – photography
Glenn Sweitzer – art direction, design
Trish Townsend – wardrobe stylist
Sheila Davis – hair, make-up
Sheila Shipley Biddy – management for Shipley Biddy Entertainment