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