Life Changes (Thomas Rhett album)

"Craving You", a duet with Maren Morris, was released digitally on March 31, 2017, as the record's lead single.^[4] It was promoted to country radio on April 3, 2017.^[5] The song hit number one on both the US Country Airplay chart and the Canada Country chart. The second single, "Unforgettable", was released to radio on July 28, 2017.^[6] "Marry Me" was released to radio on November 20, 2017, as the album's third single.^[7]

The title track was released to radio April 9, 2018, as the fourth single.^[8]

Life Changes debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, giving Rhett his first chart-topping album. It sold 94,000 copies in the first week (with 123,000 album-equivalent units total), Rhett's best sales and units week.^[14] The album is also the first country album to top the Billboard 200 chart in 2017.^[15] It sold a further 20,400 copies in its second week.^[16] The album was certified Platinum by the RIAA for a million units in sales and streams on September 6, 2018.^[17] It has sold 319,600 copies in the United States as of March 2019.^[18]

Musicians

• Thomas Rhett – lead vocals, backing vocals (6)
• Charlie Judge – keyboards (1–4, 7–14), synthesizers (5), strings (5)
• Julian Bunetta – keyboards (1, 6, 10, 13), programming (1, 6, 10, 11, 12), electric guitar (1, 10, 13), guitars (6), drums (6), backing vocals (6)
• Joe London – programming (1, 10–13), keyboards (10, 13), electric guitar (10, 12)
• Jesse Frasure – programming (2–5, 7, 8, 9, 14)
• John Ryan – programming (6)
• Matt Dragstrem – programming (9), backing vocals (9)
• Sam Ellis – keyboards (13), programming (13)
• Dann Huff – electric guitar (1–5, 7–14), ganjo (1), mandolin (1)
• Derek Wells – electric guitar (1–5, 7–14)
• Danny Rader – acoustic guitar (1, 10–13)
• Ilya Toshinsky – acoustic guitar (2–9, 14)
• Paul Franklin – steel guitar (2, 9, 13)
• Skip Edwards – steel guitar (10)
• Jimmie Lee Sloas – bass (1–5, 7–14)
• Chris Kimmerer – drums (1–5, 7–14)
• Stuart Duncan – fiddle (4)
• Tom Peyton – trombone (11)
• Nate Mercereau – French horn (11)
• Maren Morris – lead and harmony vocals (1)
• Russell Terrell – backing vocals (1–4, 7, 8, 10, 13)
• Rhett Akins – lead and backing vocals (4)
• Jessi Alexander – backing vocals (9)
• David Lee Murphy – backing vocals (9)
• Dave Barnes – backing vocals (11)
• Ben Caver – backing vocals (11, 12)
• Jordan Reynolds – backing vocals (11)
• Emily Weisband – backing vocals (13)
• Bob Bailey – backing vocals (14)
• Jason Eskridge – backing vocals (14)
• Vicki Hampton – backing vocals (14)
• Wendy Moten – backing vocals (14)

Technical and design

• Joe Baldridge – recording (1–5, 7–14)
• Julian Bunetta – additional recording (1, 10), recording (6)
• Joe London – additional recording (1, 10)
• Jesse Frasure – additional recording (2–5, 8, 9)
• Russell Terrell – additional recording (2, 3, 7, 8, 10, 11, 13)
• Seth Morton – recording assistant (1–5, 7–14), additional recording (14)
• Kam Luchterhand – recording assistant (7, 14)
• John Hanes – mix engineer (1)
• Serban Ghenea – mixing (1)
• Justin Niebank – mixing (2–5, 7, 8, 9, 11–14)
• Ash Howes – mixing (6, 10)
• Chris Small – digital editing (1–5, 7, 8, 9, 11, 13, 14)
• Adam Ayan – mastering at Gateway Mastering (Portland, Maine)
• Mike "Frog" Griffith – production coordinator
• Laurel Kittleson – production coordinator
• Janice Soled – production coordinator
• Brianna Steinitz – production coordinator
• Becky Reiser – art direction, graphics
• Sandi Spika Borchetta – art direction
• John Shearer – photography