"Real Life Fantasy"
Single by Ja Rule featuring Anita Louise
from the album Pain Is Love 2
Released	December 13, 2011
Recorded	2011
Genre	Hip hop R&B
Length	3:39
Label	Mpire Music Group, Fontana Distribution
Songwriter(s)	Jeffrey Atkins, Marcus Vest, J Angel[1]
Producer(s)	7 Aurelius, Roc The Producer
Ja Rule singles chronology
"Fly" (2009) "Real Life Fantasy" (2011) ""She Tried (Remix)"" (2013)

"Real Life Fantasy", abbreviated occasionally as "R.L.F.", is the first official single from Ja Rule's seventh studio album, Pain Is Love 2.^[2] The original song samples Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen but the final album version does not, this is because the sample was denied. The song was released on December 13, 2011.

Three versions of this song were made, the first one was said to be only 30% complete & the other was just a promo. The final version premiered on November 11, 2011 on Ja Rule's SoundCloud^[3] the Queen sample was omitted from this version.

Music video

The music video for "Real Life Fantasy" was filmed in May 2011. The song's music video was directed by Hype Williams, who also directed many of Ja Rule's previous videos, such as "Holla Holla", "Murda 4 Life", "Daddy's Little Baby", "How Many Wanna Die", "Between Me and You", "Put It On Me", " Body" and "Wonderful".^[4] It was released on February 1, 2012 on WorldStarHipHop.com and was viewed over 3 million times in the first 24 hours.

Track listing

Digital download^[5]

1. "Real Life Fantasy" (featuring Anita Louise) – 3:38