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.

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Real Life
Studio album by Jeff Carson
Released	September 4, 2001 (2001-09-04)
Recorded	2001
Genre	Country
Length	37:13
Label	Curb
Producer	Max T. Barnes Justin Niebank
Jeff Carson chronology
Butterfly Kisses (1997) Real Life (2001)

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AllMusic	[1]
Country Standard Time	[2]

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Justin Niebank produced tracks 1, 3, and 4, with songwriter Max T. Barnes producing the rest.

• Kelly Back – electric guitar
• Max T. Barnes – bass guitar, piano, electric guitar, keyboards, background vocals
• Larry Beaird – acoustic guitar
• Jeff Carson – lead vocals
• Eric Darken – percussion
• Stuart Duncan – fiddle
• Paul Franklin – pedal steel guitar
• Vicki Hampton – background vocals
• Tony Harrell – keyboards
• Aubrey Haynie – fiddle
• Yvonne Hodges – background vocals
• B. James Lowry – acoustic guitar
• Brent Mason – electric guitar
• Chris McHugh – drums
• Nashville String Machine – strings
• Steve Nathan – keyboards
• Justin Niebank – keyboards
• Michael Rhodes – bass guitar
• John Wesley Ryles – background vocals
• Buddy Andrews – pedal steel guitar
• Leslie Satcher – background vocals
• Lisa Silver – background vocals
• Catherine Styron – keyboards
• Lonnie Wilson – drums
• Glenn Worf – bass guitar