Dan Burns (Steve Carell) is een alleenstaande vader en daarnaast een succesvolle columnist. Zijn drie kinderen en werk vormen zijn bestaan. Maar dan ontmoet hij tijdens de jaarlijkse familiereünie Marie (Juliette Binoche). Marie blijkt de vrouw van zijn dromen te zijn, maar geheel toevallig ook de vriendin van zijn broer.
Nee, helaas is Dan in Real Life nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Writing | Peter Hedges | Screenplay |
| Production | Darlene Caamano Loquet | Executive Producer |
| Production | Noah Rosen | Executive Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Alix Friedberg | Costume Design |
| Directing | Peter Hedges | Director |
| Production | Jonathan Shestack | Producer |
| Production | Brad Epstein | Producer |
| Editing | Sarah Flack | Editor |
| Production | Mari-Jo Winkler | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Sondre Lerche | Music |
| Camera | Lawrence Sher | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Pierce Gardner | Screenplay |
| Production | Ginny Brewer | Associate Producer |
| Production | Dianne Dreyer | Co-Producer |
| Art | Sarah Knowles | Production Design |
| Art | Mark Garner | Art Direction |
| Art | Kyra Friedman Curcio | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Matiki Anoff | Key Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Nathan J. Busch II | Hair Department Head |
| Costume & Make-Up | LuAnn Claps | Makeup Department Head |
| Costume & Make-Up | Alan D'Angerio | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | John James | Key Hair Stylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Emma C. Rotondi | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Raul Hernandez | Hairstylist |
| Production | Bernard Telsey | Casting |
| Production | Will Cantler | Casting |
| Production | David Vaccari | Casting |
| Sound | Laura Civiello | Dialogue Editor |
| Sound | Ryan Collison | Foley Recordist |
| Sound | Gerald Donlan | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Robert Fernandez | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Dror Gescheit | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Heather Gross | Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | Harry Higgins | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Dominick Tavella | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Eric Strausser | Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | Jay Peck | Foley Artist |
| Sound | Jane McMullen | ADR Editor |
| Crew | Rick Sordelet | Stunt Coordinator |
| Crew | Shawnna Thibodeau | Stunt Driver |
| Crew | Rosie Bernhard | Stunts |
| Crew | Chick Bernhard | Stunts |
| Crew | Sabine Varnes | Stunt Double |
