Real Life (Jeff Carson album)

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

Jeff Carson – lead vocals
Steve Nathan – keyboards
Justin Niebank – keyboards, additional programming
Tony Harrell – keyboards
Catherine Styron – keyboards
Max T. Barnes – acoustic piano, keyboards, electric guitars, bass, backing vocals
B. James Lowry – acoustic guitars
Brent Mason – electric guitars
Kelly Back – electric guitars
Larry Beaird – acoustic guitars
Paul Franklin – steel guitar
Scotty Sanders – steel guitar
Michael Rhodes – bass
Glenn Worf – bass
Chris McHugh – drums, programming
Lonnie Wilson – drums
Eric Darken – percussion
Stuart Duncan – fiddle
Aubrey Haynie – fiddle
John Catchings – cello
Kristin Wilkinson – viola
David Angell – violin
David Davidson – violin
Billy Davis – backing vocals
Chip Davis – backing vocals
Karen Marley – backing vocals
Amaleia Ruble – backing vocals
Leslie Satcher – backing vocals
Bob Bailey – backing vocals
Vicki Hampton – backing vocals
Yvonne Hodges – backing vocals
John Wesley Ryles – backing vocals
Lisa Silver – backing vocals
Connie Stitch – backing vocals
Amy Dalley – backing vocals