Real Man is the sixth studio album by American country music

Country music

Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...

 singer Billy Dean

Billy Dean

William Harold "Billy" Dean, Jr. is an American country music singer and songwriter. Billy Dean first gained national attention after appearing on the television talent competition Star Search...

. It was released August 25, 1998 via Capitol Records

Capitol Records

Capitol Records is a major United States based record label, formerly located in Los Angeles, but operating in New York City as part of Capitol Music Group. Its former headquarters building, the Capitol Tower, is a major landmark near the corner of Hollywood and Vine...

 Nashville. The album includes two singles: the title track and "Innocent Bystander", which respectively reached #33 and #68 on the U.S. Billboard

Billboard (magazine)

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country singles charts. Dean co-produced the album with David Gates

David Gates

David Gates is an American singer-songwriter, best known as the lead singer of the group Bread, which reached the tops of the musical charts in Europe and North America on several occasions in the 1970s. The band was inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame...

, formerly of Bread

Bread (band)

Bread was a rock band from Los Angeles, California. They placed 13 songs on the Billboard Hot 100 chart between 1970 and 1977 and were a prime example of what later was labeled soft rock....

, 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.

Track listing

1. "A Fall in Tennessee" (Billy Dean, David Gates
   David Gates
   David Gates is an American singer-songwriter, best known as the lead singer of the group Bread, which reached the tops of the musical charts in Europe and North America on several occasions in the 1970s. The band was inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame...
   
   ) – 3:23
2. "Innocent Bystander" (Dean, Gates) – 2:57
3. "Real Man" (Dean) – 3:44
4. "I'm a Fool Too" (Dean, Kenny Lewis) – 3:32
5. "I'm Not Needed Here" (Dean, Gates) – 3:51
6. "If I Could Find the Heart (To Love Again)" (Dean, Gates) – 3:34
   • duet with Gina Jeffreys
     Gina Jeffreys
     Gina Jeffreys is an Australian country singer. She was born on 1 April 1968 at Toowoomba, Queensland. She has often been called Australia's "Queen of Country" and has won numerous Australian country music awards....
     
     
7. "Big Sister" (Dean, Bruce Burch) – 3:56
8. "Voices Singing" (Dean, Richard Leigh
   Richard Leigh (songwriter)
   Richard Leigh is an American country music songwriter and singer. He is best known for penning "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue" . In 1978 he received a Grammy Award for "Best Country Song" for the popular song...
   
   ) – 4:38
9. "By My Song" (Dean, Leigh) – 3:07
10. "She Gets What She Wants" (Dean, Lewis, Tim Nichols
    Tim Nichols
    Tim Nichols Tim Nichols Tim Nichols (born in Portsmouth, Virginia is an American country music singer and songwriter. Active since the late 1980s, Nichols has written for several country music singers, including Keith Whitley, Tim McGraw, Faith Hill, Jo Dee Messina, and Alan Jackson...
    
    ) – 3:16
11. "Im a Kewl Kid" (Dean, Lewis, Nichols) – 1:29
12. "Real Men Don't Care" (Dean, Lewis, Nichols) – 3:01

Chart performance

Chart (1998)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	41