rian Nicholas McFadden (born 12 April 1980, Dublin, Ireland) is an Irish singer and songwriter, who rose to fame with Irish boy band Westlife before quitting the band to forge his own solo career. He was married to former Atomic Kitten member Kerry Katona, and is now engaged to Australian pop star Delta Goodrem. Brian has found considerable success in Australia since his relationship with Delta Goodrem. He is also the brother of Grease is the Word actress Susan McFadden. "Real to Me" is a pop song written by Guy Chambers and Brian McFadden, produced by Chambers and Richard Flack for McFadden's first solo album Irish Son (2004). It was released as the album's first single around the world at the end of 2004 as a CD single and digital download. The song became McFadden's first number-one single hitting the top spot in Denmark, Ireland, Norway and the United Kingdom.
The song debuted on the UK Singles Chart on September 18, 2004 at number-one with sales of 35,435 copies, knocking Nelly's single "My Place"/"Flap Your Wings" off the top spot. It was later released in Australia in early 2005 and debuted and peaked at number fifty-four on the Australian.