What a Way to Live

What a Way to Live is the fifth studio album by American country music artist Mark Chesnutt. His first album for Decca Records, it earned RIAA gold certification in the United States for sales of 500,000 copies. The tracks "She Dreams", "Goin' Through the Big D", "Gonna Get a Life", and "Down in Tennessee" were all released as singles, peaking at #6, #2, #1, and #23, respectively, on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts. "She Dreams" was co-written and originally recorded by Tim Mensy on his 1992 album This Ol' Heart, from which it was released as a single, peaking at #74 on the country charts that year. Mark duets with Waylon Jennings on the track "Rainy Day Woman" which Jennings first recorded on his 1974 album The Ramblin' Man. The title track was originally recorded by Willie Nelson in 1960.

Personnel
Background Vocals: Curtis "Mr. Harmony" Young, John Wesley Ryles, Bergen White, Jana King, Lisa Silver, Dennis Wilson, Cindy Walker, Tom Flora, Chris Harris, Matt Kaminski, Ann Wright, Kim Rogers. Strings by the Nashville String Machine, conducted by Carl Gorodetzky and arranged by Bergen White.
 * Brent Rowan - electric guitar
 * Tim Broussard - squeezebox
 * Mark Chesnutt - lead vocals
 * Glen Duncan - fiddle, mandolin
 * Pat Flynn - acoustic guitar
 * Paul Franklin - steel guitar
 * Owen Hale - drums
 * Rob Hajacos - fiddle
 * Roy Huskey Jr. - upright bass
 * Paul Leim - drums
 * B. James Lowry - acoustic guitar
 * Tim Mensy - acoustic guitar
 * Steve Nathan - keyboards
 * Russ Pahl - steel guitar
 * Matt Rollings - keyboards
 * Biff Watson - acoustic guitar
 * Bob Wray - bass guitar

Production
Recording Engineers Mixers Master Editor Production Coordinator Art Direction/Design Photography Hair & Make-up
 * Warren Peterson
 * Robert Charles
 * King Williams
 * Larry Jeffries
 * Lynn Peterzell
 * Mark Hagen
 * Mark Friego
 * Glenn Meadows
 * Joe Johnston
 * Simon Levy
 * Keith Carter
 * Lucy Santamassino