 Released after the top-ten success of "Don't Call It Love", the song became Parton and Rogers' second country chart-topper as a duet act.However, "Real Love" did not fare as well on the pop singles charts as 1983's "Islands in the Stream" had done, stalling at number 91 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 and number 13 on the Adult Contemporary chart.Unlike "Islands in the Stream," "Real Love" was not composed by the Bee Gees who had composed and produced Rogers' 1983 chart topping album "Eyes That See in the Dark" which also included another four of Rogers' hit singles from 1983 and 1984, namely "Buried Treasure", "This Woman", "Midsummer Nights" and "Evening Star".