''About to Get Real'' is the third studio album by American

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Easton Corbin Dan Easton Corbin (born April 12, 1982) is an American country music singer. He signed to Mercury Records Nashville in 2009 and released his self-titled debut album in March 2010, featuring the two number-one hits "A Little More Country Than That ...

. It was released on June 30, 2015 via

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. It includes the singles "

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", " Baby Be My Love Song". and " Yup". It also includes "

Are You with Me "Are You with Me" is a song by American country singer Easton Corbin. The song first appeared on Corbin's second studio album, '' All Over the Road'' (2012). It was later included on Corbin's third studio album, '' About to Get Real'' (2015). A ...

" from Corbin's previous album, ''

All Over the Road ''All Over the Road'' is the second studio album by American country music artist Easton Corbin. It was released on September 18, 2012, via Mercury Nashville. The album's first single, " Lovin' You Is Fun," hit the top 10 on the ''Billboard'' Ho ...

''. The album was produced by

Carson Chamberlain Carson Chamberlain (born in Berea, Kentucky) is an American songwriter, record producer and session musician who works mainly in the field of country music. He worked as a bandleader and steel guitarist for Keith Whitley until Whitley died in 1 ...

Content

About the album, Corbin said, "When deciding on an album title, ''About to Get Real'' just says it all for me. When country fans listen to this album, I want them to take away that even though the music mixes the modern with the classic, it's entirely real. Like the music of my heroes, it's the real deal." The album's track listing was announced on June 9.

Critical reception

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gave the album 3.5 stars out of 5 and wrote that "No matter what the album title implies – "real" usually conveys grit, a quality conspicuously absent from these 12 songs – ''About to Get Real'' is so smooth it sometimes suggests the glory days of ''Urban Cowboy'', when modern country flirted heavily with the soft rock mainstream."

Commercial performance

The album debuted at No. 1 on the

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chart, and No. 13 on the ''Billboard'' 200, with 20,000 copies sold in the US in its first week. The album has sold 59,800 copies in the US as of May 2016.

Track listing

Personnel

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* Jimmy Carter –

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– lead vocals *

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* Paul Franklin –

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– electric guitar * Gary Prim –

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– background vocals * W. David Smith – bass guitar * Russell Terrell – background vocals *

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– bass guitar

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Singles

References

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