Real Live Woman

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.

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).