''Real Life Conversations'' is the second album by American

contemporary Christian music Contemporary Christian music (CCM), also known as Christian pop, and occasionally inspirational music, is a genre of modern popular music, and an aspect of Christian media, which is lyrically focused on matters related to the Christianity, Chri ...

singer and songwriter

Steven Curtis Chapman Steven Curtis Chapman (born November 21, 1962) is an American contemporary Christian music singer, songwriter, record producer, actor, author, and social activist. Chapman began his career in the late 1980s as a songwriter and performer of cont ...

. The album was released in 1988 by

Sparrow Records Sparrow Records is a Christian music record label and a division of Universal Music Group. History Sparrow Records was founded in 1976 by Billy Ray Hearn, then artists and repertoire (A&R) director at Myrrh Records. Barry McGuire was the fi ...

and produced by Phil Naish. This second album features a harder and edgier sound that steers more toward light

rock music Rock is a Music genre, genre of popular music that originated in the United States as "rock and roll" in the late 1940s and early 1950s, developing into a range of styles from the mid-1960s, primarily in the United States and the United Kingdo ...

than his previous album.

Track listing

All songs written by Steven Curtis Chapman, except where noted. # "Faithful Too" – 4:02 # "Tuesday's Child" – 4:12 # "For Who He Really Is" – 5:08 # "Consider It Done" – 3:46 # "His Eyes" – 3:36 # "The Human Race" – 3:43 # "Wait" – 4:14 # "Truth or Consequences" – 5:07 # "My Turn Now" – 3:28 # "His Strength Is Perfect" – 4:36

Personnel

Musicians * Steven Curtis Chapman – lead vocals, backing vocals, guitars * Phil Naish – keyboards, backing vocals * Jon Goin – guitars *

Mark O'Connor Mark O'Connor (born August 5, 1961) is an American fiddle player, composer, guitarist, and mandolinist whose music combines bluegrass, country, jazz and classical. A three-time Grammy Award winner, he has won six Country Music Association Mu ...

–

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Mike Brignardello Giant is an American melodic rock band that was formed in 1987. The band originally consisted of founding members Dann Huff (lead vocals and guitar) and Alan Pasqua (keyboard), and had Dann's brother David Huff on drums and Mike Brignardello o ...

– bass * Mark Hammond – drums * Alan Moore – string arrangements (5, 7) * Carl Gorodetzsky – string leader (5, 7) *

The Nashville String Machine Nashville String Machine is a musical collective comprising session musicians, based in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. Members of the group have been credited on records dating from 1972 to the present, although the group was formally formed ...

– strings (5, 7) * Geoff Moore – guest vocal (1) * Herb Chapman – backing vocals * Chris Rodriguez – backing vocals Volunteer Choir on "His Strength Is Perfect" * Dee Dee Addison * Lisa Angelle * Keith Boyd * Mike Brignardello *

Bruce Carroll Bruce Carroll (born December 5, 1953), is an American CCM singer and multi Grammy and Dove Award winning recording artist. Biography Carroll first began performing in a trio with his siblings at age 12; he played folk music in various venues in ...

* Emily Chapman * Sherri Chapman * Debbie Cunningham * Ken Cunningham * Dennis Disney * Tony Elenburg * Elizabeth Groner * Celeste Hammond * P. WE Herman * Brad Jamison * Rhonda Kissinger * Greg Kroeker * Suzanne Kroeker * Brent Lamb * Missy McGinty * Geoff Moore * Becky Naish * Michael Puryear * Charley Redmond * Delyn Redmond * Chris Rodriguez * Lisa Rodriguez *

Jerry Salley Jerry Salley is an American country and bluegrass singer-songwriter. Salley won SESAC's 2003 "Country Music Songwriter of the Year" award. Salley has been writing and singing in Nashville, Tennessee since 1982. To date, he has had 300 songs r ...

* Amy K. Smith * Brian White * Robin Wilkes *

BeBe Winans Benjamin "BeBe" Winans (born September 17, 1962) is an American gospel and R&B singer from Detroit, Michigan. He is a member of the noted Winans family, most members of which are also gospel artists. Winans has released nine solo albums, seven ...

* Sharon Ziegler

Production

* Phil Naish – producer * Ronnie Brookshire – recording * Carry Summers – assistant engineer * Bob Clark – string engineer * Jeff Balding – mixing * Denny Purcell – mastering * Cindy Wilt – production manager * Mark Tucker – photography * 5 Penguins Design – design * Barbara Catanzaro-Hearn – art direction Studios * OmniSound – Nashville, Tennessee – recording studio * Goldmine – Nashville, Tennessee – recording studio * Downstage – Nashville, Tennessee – recording studio * Great Circle Sound – Nashville, Tennessee – recording studio * Georgetown Masters, Nashville, Tennessee – mastering location

References

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