Real Man

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title: "Real Man" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["1998-albums", "billy-dean-albums", "capitol-records-nashville-albums"] topic_path: "arts/music" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real_Man" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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Sound Emporium Studios (Nashville, Tennessee) | genre = Country | length = 35:58 | label = Capitol Nashville | producer =
Billy Dean David Gates | prev_title = It's What I Do | prev_year = 1996 | next_title = Let Them Be Little | next_year = 2005 | misc = {{Singles | name = Real Man | type = Studio | single1 = Real Man | single1date = July 4, 1998 | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1Score = | noprose = yes Real Man is the sixth studio album by American country music singer Billy Dean. It was released August 25, 1998, via Capitol Records Nashville. The album includes two singles: the title track and "Innocent Bystander", which respectively reached No. 33 and No. 68 on the U.S. Billboard country singles chart. Dean co-produced the album with David Gates, formerly of Bread, and co-wrote several of its songs with him. "Voices Singing" features the St. Nicholas School Children's Choir of Chattanooga, as well as Dean's son, Eli.

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| title1 = A Fall in Tennessee | writer1 = Billy Dean, David Gates | length1 = 3:23

| title2 = Innocent Bystander | writer2 = Dean, Gates | length2 = 2:57

| title3 = Real Man | writer3 = Dean | length3 = 3:44

| title4 = I'm a Fool Too | writer4 = Dean, Kenny Lewis | length4 = 3:32

| title5 = I'm Not Needed Here | writer5 = Dean, Gates | length5 = 3:51

| title6 = If I Could Find the Heart (To Love Again) | writer6 = Dean, Gates | length6 = 3:34 | note6 = duet with Gina Jeffreys

| title7 = Big Sister | writer7 = Dean, Bruce Burch | length7 = 3:56

| title8 = Voices Singing | writer8 = Dean, Richard Leigh | length8 = 4:38 | note8 = with St. Nicholas School Children's Choir

| title9 = By My Song | writer9 = Dean, Leigh | length9 = 3:07

| title10 = She Gets What She Wants | writer10 = Dean, Lewis, Tim Nichols | length10 = 3:16

| title11 = I'm a Kewl Kid | writer11 = Dean, Lewis, Nichols | length11 = 1:29

| title12 = Real Men Don't Care | writer12 = Dean, Lewis, Nichols | length12 = 3:01

Billy Dean – vocals, acoustic guitar (1, 2, 4–10), electric guitar (4), percussion (8, 9), mandolin (9)
Matt Rollings – acoustic piano (1, 3, 5, 6)
Steve Nathan – keyboards (2, 4)
Doc Hollister – acoustic piano (10)
Steuart Smith – electric guitar (2)
David Gates – acoustic guitar (3), keyboards (5, 8, 9), bass (8, 9), string arrangements
Brent Mason – electric guitar (4, 6)
Andy Most – electric guitar (10)
Paul Franklin – steel guitar (1–3, 6)
Ron Block – banjo (7)
Jerry Douglas – dobro (7)
Dan Tyminski – mandolin (7)
Glenn Worf – bass (1–6)
Barry Bales – electric upright bass (7)
Kenny Lewis – bass (10)
Eddie Bayers – drums (1–6)
David Dunseath – drums (10)
Terry McMillan – percussion (4, 5)
Sam Bush – fiddle (1) Background vocals
Billy Dean – backing vocals (1, 2, 4), harmony vocals (9)
David Gates – backing vocals (1, 2), harmony vocals (5)
John Wesley Ryles – backing vocals (1)
Curtis Young – backing vocals (1)
Gina Jeffreys – vocals (6)
Alison Krauss – harmony vocals (7)
St. Nicholas School Children's Choir – choir (8)
Renée Martin – backing vocals (10)
David Pack – backing vocals (10)

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