Living Hard

Living Hard is the seventh studio album by American country music singer Gary Allan. It was released on October 23, 2007 via MCA Nashville.

The album debuted at number three on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart, selling approximately 69,000 copies during its first week. Its lead-off single, "Watching Airplanes", reached number 2 on the country charts, its second single "Learning How to Bend" peaked at number 13, and the third single "She's So California" went to number 24. "Like It's a Bad Thing" was later recorded by Danny Gokey on his 2010 debut album My Best Days. "Half of My Mistakes" was written by Bobby Houck and Radney Foster and originally recorded by Houck's band, the Blue Dogs, on their 2004 album, Halos and Good Buys, then by Foster on his 2004 album And Then There's Me (The Back Porch Sessions), and finally by Jace Everett on his 2005 self-titled debut album.

Personnel
From Living Hard liner notes.
 * Musicians
 * Perry Coleman - background vocals
 * Chad Cromwell - drums
 * Eric Darken - percussion
 * Dan Dugmore - steel guitar
 * Jerry Flowers - background vocals
 * Kenny Greenberg - electric guitar
 * Jaime Hanna - electric guitar, background vocals
 * Wes Hightower - background vocals
 * The Love Sponge Strings - strings
 * Steve Nathan - piano, Hammond B-3 organ, Wurlitzer electric piano
 * Russ Pahl - steel guitar, acoustic guitar
 * Jon Randall - background vocals
 * Michael Rhodes - bass guitar
 * Brent Rowan - electric guitar
 * Hank Singer - fiddle
 * Russell Terrell - background vocals
 * Robby Turner - steel guitar
 * John Willis - acoustic guitar, mandolin
 * Glenn Worf - bass guitar


 * Technical
 * Gary Allan - producer
 * Greg Droman - recording, mixing
 * Hank Williams - mastering
 * Kris Wilkinson - string arranger
 * Mark Wright - producer