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.
| Production | Brad Epstein | Producer |
| Camera | Lawrence Sher | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Pierce Gardner | Screenplay |
| Production | Noah Rosen | Executive Producer |
| Writing | Peter Hedges | Screenplay |
| Production | Darlene Caamano Loquet | Executive Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Alix Friedberg | Costume Design |
| Directing | Peter Hedges | Director |
| Editing | Sarah Flack | Editor |
| Production | Jonathan Shestack | Producer |
| Production | Mari-Jo Winkler | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Sondre Lerche | Music |
| Crew | Shawnna Thibodeau | Stunt Driver |
| Production | Ginny Brewer | Associate Producer |
| Production | Dianne Dreyer | Co-Producer |
| Crew | Chick Bernhard | Stunts |
| Crew | Rosie Bernhard | Stunts |
| Crew | Sabine Varnes | Stunt Double |
| Art | Kyra Friedman Curcio | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Nathan J. Busch II | Hair Department Head |
| Costume & Make-Up | Alan D'Angerio | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Emma C. Rotondi | Hairstylist |
| Sound | Heather Gross | Sound Effects Editor |
| Art | Sarah Knowles | Production Design |
| Sound | Laura Civiello | Dialogue Editor |
| Sound | Robert Fernandez | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Art | Mark Garner | Art Direction |
| Sound | Eric Strausser | Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | Jane McMullen | ADR Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | LuAnn Claps | Makeup Department Head |
| Production | David Vaccari | Casting |
| Production | Will Cantler | Casting |
| Sound | Ryan Collison | Foley Recordist |
| Crew | Rick Sordelet | Stunt Coordinator |
| Sound | Dominick Tavella | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Gerald Donlan | Sound Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Matiki Anoff | Key Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Jay Peck | Foley Artist |
| Sound | Harry Higgins | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Costume & Make-Up | John James | Key Hair Stylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Raul Hernandez | Hairstylist |
| Production | Bernard Telsey | Casting |
| Sound | Dror Gescheit | Sound Recordist |
