The Life of the Party is the seventh studio album by American country music artist Neal McCoy. Released in 1999, it contains the singles "I Was" and "The Girls of Summer", which peaked at #37 and #42, respectively, on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts that year. "Straighten up and Fly Right" is a cover of a Nat King Cole song.

The Life of the Party
Studio album by Neal McCoy
Released	January 19, 1999 (1999-01-19)
Recorded	Emerald Sound Studio, Sound Stage & 17 Grand, Nashville, TN – 1999
Genre	Country
Length	37:33
Label	Atlantic
Producer	Kyle Lehning
Neal McCoy chronology
Be Good at It (1997) The Life of the Party (1999) 24-7-365 (2000)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	link
Country Standard Time	negative link

Track listing

Personnel

• Mark Casstevens – acoustic guitar
• Thom Flora – background vocals
• Paul Franklin – steel guitar
• Sonny Garrish – steel guitar
• Jim Horn – saxophone
• John Barlow Jarvis – keyboards
• Paul Leim – drums
• Brent Mason – electric guitar
• Neal McCoy- lead vocals
• Gene Miller – background vocals
• Steve Nathan – keyboards
• Donny Parenteau – fiddle
• Michael Rhodes – bass guitar
• Tom Roady – percussion
• Chris Rodriguez – background vocals
• Harry Stinson – background vocals
• Billy Joe Walker, Jr. – six string electric bass
• Dennis Wilson – background vocals
• Glenn Worf – bass guitar
• Curtis Young – background vocals

Chart performance