in real life有两个含义：
1.（在）现实生活中
Some change their behaviour in real life to improve their image on the web ．
有些人改变了他们在现实生活中的行为,以改善他们在网络上的形象。
His on-screen father is also his father in real life.
他那荧幕上的父亲也是他现实生活中的父亲。
I'm not making it up. The character exists in real life.
我没有凭空捏造，这种人现实生活中确实存在。
In real life the star of the movie is a devoted husband and father.在现实生活中，这位影星是位忠实的丈夫和慈爱的父亲。
In real life, nobody was all bad, nor, conversely, all good.
在现实生活中，没有彻头彻尾的坏人，相反地，也没有完完全全的好人。
In real life, it's not so easy to divide people into goodies and baddies.
在现实生活中，要划分好人和坏人并非易事。
The film has eerie parallels with the drama being played out in real life.
这部电影和现实生活中发生的一系列戏剧性事件有着诡异的巧合之处。
That's exactly what you should also do in real life.
这正是你在现实生活中也应该做的。
We didn't use them every night, but we did break them more often than we could actually have afforded in real life.
我们并非每晚都使用它们，但我们确实比现实生活中实际承受的更频繁地损坏它们。
These beliefs can be supported by our own experiences in real life.
这些信念可以通过我们自己在现实生活中的经历来支持。
There's no need to disturb them in real life.
在现实生活中没有必要打扰他们。
Things don't happen quite that easily in real life.
现实生活里不会动不动就有这样的事情发生。
In real life，people need to work hard.
在现实生活中，人们需要辛勤工作。
To check the possible implications of this error in real life, we studied a sample of 392 patients.
为了检颜这一错误在现实生活中的可能影响，我们研究了392名患者的样本。
In real-life, the band have memorable songs and a stage vigour that enthralls.
在现实生活中，这支乐队的一些歌曲令人难忘，他们的舞台魅力令人着迷。
2.一见面，比如相亲的时候一见面，发现对方并没有照片上的那么好看等等：
In real life he wasn't how she had imagined him at all.
一见面才发现他完全不是她所想象的那样。