Real Life (Jeff Carson album)
# Real Life (Jeff Carson album)

Professional ratings :

| Review scores ||
| - | - |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | |
| Country Standard Time | |

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.

## Personnel

* 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

## Chart performance

| Chart (2001) | Peak position |
| - | - |
| U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums | 38 |
| U.S. Billboard Top Heatseekers | 29 |
