1. real life - Noun
2. real life - Adjective
the practical world as opposed to the academic world
Source: WordNetreal-life
A man's real life is that accorded to him in the thoughts of other men by reason of respect or natural love. Joseph Conrad
Novelists should never allow themselves to weary of the study of real life. Charlotte Brontë
Imagination and fiction make up more than three quarters of our real life. Simone Weil
I can do everything with ease on the stage, whereas in real life I feel too big and clumsy. So I didn't choose acting. It chose me. Ingrid Bergman
Life is real Life is earnest And death is not its goal. Dust thou art, to dust returneth, was not spoken of the soul. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Exquisite nature, daydreams, and music say one thing, real life another. Anton Chekhov