Real Life (Jeff Carson album)

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Real Life
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Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 4, 2001 (2001-09-04)
Recorded2001
Genre Country
Length37:13
Label Curb
Producer Max T. Barnes
Justin Niebank
Jeff Carson chronology
Butterfly Kisses
(1997)
Real Life
(2001)
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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' On to 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.

Contents

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

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Real Life (I Never Was the Same Again)"Jim Janosky, Neil Thrasher 4:21
2."My One and Only Love" Max T. Barnes, Harlan Howard 4:20
3."Until We Fall Back in Love Again"Jeff Carson, Philip Douglas, Jim Weatherly 3:51
4."I Almost Never Loved You"Jennifer Bibeau, Brian Ede Nash, Rivers Rutherford 3:50
5."Shine On"Jim Daddario, Tony Marty3:31
6."Where Did I Go So Right" Jim Collins, Craig Wiseman 3:39
7."What's Not to Love" Max T. Barnes, Trey Bruce 3:04
8."Divine Intervention"Phil Barnhart, Sam Hogin, Mark D. Sanders 3:19
9."It Wouldn't Kill Me" Larry Boone, Paul Nelson, Tom Shapiro 3:15
10."Scars and All"Carson, Weatherly3:53

Personnel

Production credits

Chart performance

Chart (2001)Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums38
U.S. Billboard Top Heatseekers29

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