# Real Live Woman

Professional ratings :
| Review scores ||
| Source | Rating |
| About.com | (favorable) |
| Allmusic | |
| Chicago Tribune | (favorable) |
| Entertainment Weekly | A− |
| People | (favorable) |
| PopMatters | (favorable) |
| Q | |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | |
Real Live Woman is the eighth studio album by American country music singer Trisha Yearwood, released on March 28, 2000.
The album reached #4 on the Billboard country albums chart. It produced a #16 hit on the Billboard country music charts in "Real Live Woman" and a #45 hit in "Where Are You Now". The latter was only the second single of Yearwood's career to miss Top 40 in the U.S.
The album covers a song by Bruce Springsteen called "Sad Eyes", a song by Linda Ronstadt titled, "Try Me Again", and a song by Bonnie Raitt called "Wild For You Baby". Emmylou Harris, Mary Chapin Carpenter, and Jackson Browne provide harmony vocals for some of the album's tracks. It was given 3 out of 5 stars by Allmusic.

## Track listing
### Australian bonus tracks

* "You're Where I Belong" (Diane Warren) - 4:15 (also available on the Japan pressing)
* "Something So Right" (Paul Simon) - 4:11

## Personnel

* Trisha Yearwood – lead vocals, backing vocals (3, 9)
* Steve Cox – Hammond B3 organ (1–4, 8, 11), acoustic piano (8, 12), Wurlitzer electric piano (10)
* Steve Nathan – keyboards (4, 5), acoustic piano (6), Hammond B3 organ (6), harpsichord (11)
* Bobby Wood – acoustic piano (7)
* Kenny Vaughan – electric guitars (1–6, 8, 10), electric 12-string guitar (11)
* Richard Bennett – acoustic guitar (2, 10, 11, 12)
* Johnny Garcia – acoustic guitar (2, 3, 10, 11)
* Darrell Scott – bouzouki (1), acoustic guitar (3–6, 8)
* Al Anderson – acoustic guitar (9)
* Dan Dugmore – lap steel guitar (1, 2, 9, 10), acoustic guitar solo (2), steel guitar (3, 5, 6, 8), dobro (4), electric guitar (7, 11, 12), acoustic guitar (9), slide guitar (11)
* Mike Henderson – slide guitar (7)
* Sam Bush – mandolin (7)
* Keith Horne – bass (1–6, 8–12)
* Glenn Worf – bass (7)
* Greg Morrow – drums (1–6, 8, 10, 11, 12), maracas (1), tambourine (3, 4)
* Eddie Bayers – drums (7)
* Tom Roady – percussion (2, 7, 9, 10), triangle (5), tambourine (11)
* Stuart Duncan – fiddle (7, 8)
* David Campbell – string arrangements and conductor (7, 10, 12)
* Mary Chapin Carpenter – backing vocals (1)
* Kim Richey – backing vocals (1)
* Bob Bailey – backing vocals (2, 6, 8)
* Kim Fleming – backing vocals (2, 6, 8)
* Vicki Hampton – backing vocals (2, 6, 8)
* Jackson Browne – backing vocals (3)
* Stephanie Bentley – backing vocals (5)
* Emmylou Harris – backing vocals (7)
* Matraca Berg – backing vocals (9, 11)
* Gordon Kennedy – backing vocals (12)
* Wayne Kirkpatrick – backing vocals (12)

## Production

* Garth Fundis – producer
* Trisha Yearwood – producer
* Jeff Balding – recording
* Chuck Ainlay – mixing
* Matt Andrews – recording assistant, additional recording
* Dave Sinko – additional recording
* Mark Ralston – mix assistant
* Denny Purcell – mastering
* Scott Paschall – production assistant
* Virginia Team – art direction
* Chris Ferrara – design
* Sonya Watson – design
* Andrew Southam – photography
* Sheri McCoy – stylist
* Maria Smoot – hair stylist
* Nancy Russell – management
Studios
* Recorded at Sound Emporium (Nashville, Tennessee).
* Mixed at Sound Stage Studios (Nashville, Tennessee).
* Edited and Mastered at Georgetown Masters (Nashville, Tennessee).

## Chart performance
### Album

Chart performance for Real Live Woman :
| Chart (2000) | Peak position |
| Australian Albums (ARIA) | 98 |
| Canadian RPM Country Albums | 6 |
| US Billboard 200 | 27 |
| US Top Country Albums (Billboard) | 4 |
| UK Country Albums (OCC) | 3 |
| Scottish Albums (OCC) | 67 |

### Singles

| Year | Single | Chart positions | Chart positions | Chart positions |
| Year | Single | US Country | US | CAN Country |
| 2000 | "Real Live Woman" | 16 | 81 | 20 |
| 2000 | "Where Are You Now" | 45 | — | 42 |

## Certifications

Certifications for Real Live Woman :
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
| United States (RIAA) | Gold | 500,000$^^$ |
| $^^$ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |||