•
Kenny Rogers – vocals •
John Barlow Jarvis – acoustic piano (1–6, 8–11) • Charlie Judge – keyboards (2, 4, 5, 8), synthesizers (7) • Jim Hoke –
accordion (5) • Warren Hartman – synthesizers (7) •
Gordon Mote – acoustic piano (7) •
Dann Huff – electric guitar •
Tom Bukovac – electric guitar (1, 3, 5, 6, 8–11) •
Bryan Sutton – acoustic guitar (1, 3, 5, 6, 9–11) •
Kenny Greenberg – electric guitar (2, 7) •
Biff Watson – acoustic guitar (2, 4, 7, 8) •
Jonathan Yudkin –
mandolin (2),
bouzouki (4),
fiddle (4, 8), cello (7), viola (7), violin (7), string arrangements and composing (7) • Russ Pahl –
steel guitar (1–10) •
Bruce Bouton –
dobro (8), steel guitar (11) •
Michael Rhodes – bass (1, 3, 5, 6, 9–11) •
Mike Brignardello – bass (2, 4, 7, 8) •
Matt Chamberlain – drums (1, 3, 5, 6, 9–11) •
Shannon Forrest – drums (2, 4, 7, 8) •
Eric Darken – percussion (1, 3, 5, 6, 9–11) • Perry Coleman – backing vocals (1, 2, 4–8, 10, 11) • Russell Terrell – backing vocals (2, 4, 6, 8, 10) •
Sarah Buxton – backing vocals (3) •
Don Henley – vocals (5) •
Vince Gill – backing vocals (9)
String section (Tracks 1 & 11) •
Paul Buckmaster – string arrangements and conductor • Paula Hochhalter, Suzie Katayama, Daniel Smith and Rudy Stein – cello • Karen Elaine Bakunin, Matt Funes, Vicki Miskolczy and Carole Mukogawa – viola • Darius Campo, Susan Chatman, Bruce Dukov, Ronald Folsom, Larry Greenfield, Alan Grunfeld, Natalie Leggett, Robert Peterson, Haim Shtrum, Tereza Stanislav, Josefina Vergara and Miwako Watanabe – violin == Production ==