- published: 30 Jun 2016
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Real life is an actual event or life lived by real people, contrasted to that lived by fiction or fantasy characters, or real people interacting on the Internet.
On the Internet, "real life" refers to life in the real world. It generally references life or consensus reality, in contrast to an environment seen as fiction or fantasy, such as virtual reality, lifelike experience, dreams, novels, or movies. Online, the acronym "IRL" stands for "in real life", with the meaning "not on the Internet".
When used to distinguish from fictional worlds or universes against the consensus reality of the reader, the term has a long history:
In its use for differentiating online personal worlds from "offline" life, the term has a much shorter history and a more unclear future, as the Internet has existed for a much shorter time. Sociologists engaged in the study of the Internet have determined that someday, a distinction between online and real-life worlds may seem "quaint", noting that certain types of online activity, such as sexual intrigues, have already made a full transition to complete legitimacy and "reality".
In real life
I'm waking up alone
It's one more night
You didn't make it home
And one more time
You won't pick up the phone
In real life
You never bring me flowers
When you're here
It's only for an hour
I'm getting used
To being on my own
Because in real life
You're not what I thought
Real life
This isn't what I want
Guess things aren't always what they seem
But in my dreams
I'm waking up to roses
Champagne kisses
I know it's
Always, always gonna be
Gonna be this way
In my dreams
You're standing right beside me
Two hearts
Finally colliding
Then I wake up
And realize, realize
This is real life
This is real life
Real life
In real life
It doesn't always work out
People fall
In love and then they fall out
Hearts can break
And never make a sound
Because in real life
You're not what I thought
Real life
This isn't what I want
Guess things aren't always what they seem
But in my dreams
I'm waking up to roses
Champagne kisses
I know it's
Always, always gonna be, gonna be this way
In my dreams
You're standing right beside me
Two hearts
Finally colliding
Then I wake up
And realize, realize
This is real life
Just when I thought this was all real life could be
Somebody came along and made the dream reality
And now in real life
I'm waking up to roses
Champagne kisses
I know it's
Always, always gonna be
Gonna be this way
In my dreams
He's standing right beside me
Two hearts
Finally colliding
When I wake up
I realize, realize