When Jake Owen sat down with a couple of songwriters to share his vision of the kinds of things he wanted to say on his upcoming album — and how he wanted the focus to be on songs about life — what Jake got back was right on target, and it became his new album’s first single, “Real Life.” (AUDIO INFO BELOW)

• New Video Alert! Be sure to tune-in for the exclusive world premiere of Jake’s new music video for “Real Life” when it makes its debut as part of the Saturday, June 27th, edition of the CMT Hot 20 Countdown, airing at 9am, ET — and re-airing on Sunday at the same time — on CMT!
• Written by hit tunesmiths Ross Copperman, Shane McAnally, Ashley Gorley, and Josh Osborne, “Real Life” is available now on Apple Music!

  A conversation between Jake Owen and songwriters Ross Copperman and Shane McAnally was what led to his new hit, “Real Life.” (:22)
“They said, ‘Dude, we took everything you said, and we kind of put it in a song.’ And when I heard it, it was (laughs) exactly…and I…that’s what I think is so brilliant about great songwriters is that you can sometimes open up your mind and tell them how you’re feeling, and guys that are that talented can sit down and just pour it out on a piece of paper.”