N-UNCOUNT [usually in NOUN] 现实生活；实际生活 If something happens in real life, it actually happens and is not just in a story or in someone's imagination. 现实生活；实际生活
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In real life men like Richard Gere don't marry street girls.
在现实生活中，像李察·基尔那样的男人是不会娶一个风尘女子的。
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Children use fantasy to explore worrying aspects of real life.
孩子们用幻想来探索实际生活中令人不安的各种事情。
SYN reality, actuality, actual existence
Real life is also an adjective.