Cyndi Lauper – lead vocals, producer

Greg Morrow – drums

Seth Morton – assistant engineer

Steve Nathan – Hammond B-3 organ, piano, synthesizer, Wurlitzer

Willie Nelson – acoustic guitar and duet vocals on "Night Life"

Shawn Pelton – engineer

Brandon Schexnayder – assistant engineer

Jimmie Lee Sloas – bass guitar

Ryan Smith – mastering

Mike Stankiewicz – assistant engineer

Seymour Stein – executive producer

Bryan Sutton – acoustic guitar

Jeff Taylor – accordion

David Thoener – engineer, mixing

Willie Weeks – bass guitar

Rick Wilkins – arranger

William Wittman – engineer, mixing

Lisa Barbaris – executive producer

Tony Brown – piano, producer

Tom Bukovac – acoustic guitar, electric guitar

Elaine Caswell – background vocals

Perry Coleman – background vocals

Neal Coomer – background vocals

Chad Cromwell – drums

Dan Dugmore – steel guitar

Ernie Freeman – arranger

Amy Garges – production assistant

Vince Gill – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, and duet vocals on "You're the Reason Our Kids Are Ugly"

Kenny Greenberg – acoustic guitar, electric guitar

Emmylou Harris – duet vocals on "Detour"

Aubrey Haynie – fiddle, mandolin

Jewel – duet vocals on "I Want to Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart"

Kim Keyes – background vocals

Alison Krauss – duet vocals on "Hard Candy Christmas"