Real Thing is the debut studio album by Canadian

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 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...

 group The Higgins

The Higgins

The Higgins are a multi-award-winning Canadian country music group from Delta, British Columbia. The Higgins comprise three siblings: John , Eileen , and Kathleen Higgins . They have charted a total of three singles on the Canadian Country Music charts, two of which were Top 15...

. It was released on June 24, 2008 by Open Road

Open Road Recordings

Open Road Recordings, a division of Maple Core Ltd., is a Canadian country music record label established by Ron Kitchener in 2003 and distributed through Universal Music Canada.-Open Road artists:* Ridley Bent* Dean Brody* Doc Walker* Emerson Drive...

. The first single, "Flower Child," was released in April 2008 and peaked in the top 20 on the Canadian Country Singles chart. "Flower Child" received the "Single of the Year", "SOCAN Song of the Year", and "Video of the Year" Awards at the 32nd Annual BCCMA

British Columbia Country Music Association

The British Columbia Country Music Association is a Canadian artist organization designed "to promote, foster and encourage the development, public appreciation of, and interest in, the British Columbia Country Music Community - provincially, nationally and internationally."One of BCCMA's most...

 Award Ceremony.

Track listing

1. "Flower Child" (Kathleen Higgins, Eileen Higgins, John Higgins, David Wills) - 4:12
2. "Sounds of Summer" (K. Higgins, E. Higgins, J. Higgins) - 3:29
3. "16 Going on 30" (K. Higgins, E. Higgins, Jeff Wood
   Jeff Wood (singer)
   -Track listing:#"You Call That a Mountain" - 3:26#"Too Late to Turn It Around" - 3:52#"There's No Place Like You" - 4:11...
   
   ) - 4:10
4. "Real Thing" (Chris Thorsteinson
   Doc Walker
   Doc Walker is a country music group from Portage La Prairie, Manitoba, Canada. They have won Canadian Country Music Awards and had radio hits with the songs "I Am Ready" and "The Show is Free" from the 2003 album Everyone Aboard. In 2001 they released the album Curve...
   
   , Dave Wasyliw
   Doc Walker
   Doc Walker is a country music group from Portage La Prairie, Manitoba, Canada. They have won Canadian Country Music Awards and had radio hits with the songs "I Am Ready" and "The Show is Free" from the 2003 album Everyone Aboard. In 2001 they released the album Curve...
   
   , Deric Ruttan
   Deric Ruttan
   Deric J. Ruttan is a Canadian country music artist from Bracebridge, Ontario. Signed to Lyric Street Records in 2003, he made his chart debut on the U.S. and Canadian country music charts that year with the release of his single "When You Come Around"...
   
   ) - 3:14
5. "Second Hand Car" (K. Higgins, E. Higgins, Joni Delaurier) - 5:04
6. "Factory Girl" (Traditional) - 1:42
7. "I Got No Time (For a Little Boy)" (K. Higgins, E. Higgins, Wills) - 2:42
8. "Rhythm Guitar" (Emmylou Harris
   Emmylou Harris
   Emmylou Harris is an American singer-songwriter and musician. In addition to her work as a solo artist and bandleader, both as an interpreter of other composers' works and as a singer-songwriter, she is a sought-after backing vocalist and duet partner, working with numerous other artists including...
   
   , Paul Kennerley
   Paul Kennerley
   Paul Kennerley is an English singer-songwriter, musician and record producer working in the American contemporary country music industry. His works include the concept albums, White Mansions and The Legend of Jesse James...
   
   ) - 3:05
9. "My Way of Thinking" (K. Higgins, E. Higgins, J. Higgins, Wood) - 3:33
10. "Wild Horse" (K. Higgins, E. Higgins, Wills, Ian Cameron) - 4:07
11. "Hey Jamie" (K. Higgins, E. Higgins, J. Higgins, Wood) - 3:54
12. "Love in One Shot" (J. Higgins, Ken Visser) - 2:02