Joe Nichols

The single "It Ain't No Crime" surely isn't as fun as Joe Nichols' 2005 hit "Tequila Makes Her Clothes Fall Off," but much like those bumper stickers reading, "Condoms Are Easier To Change Than Diapers," the song's catchy chorus makes a great case for choosing the freewheeling bachelor's life over parenthood. The rest of Real Things finds Nichols romanticizing about rural American living and "Let's Get Drunk And Fight" pokes fun at a different kind of bar room brawl, where wit is substituted for fisticuffs. Ballads also abound -- "Ain't Nobody Gonna Take That From Me" being the strongest. This version of the album contains three live bonus tracks from the Sony Concert Sets!