REALIZE

Colbie Marie Caillat, country singer-songwriter and guitarist from Malibu, California, debuted in 2007 with Coco, which included hit singles "Bubbly", "Realize", and "The Little Things". In 2008, she recorded a duet with Jason Mraz, "Lucky", which won a Grammy. Caillat released her second album, Breakthrough, in August 2009. On December 2, 2009, Breakthrough was nominated for Best Pop Vocal Album at the 52nd Grammy Awards. She was also nominated twice for Best Pop Collaboration, for her featured vocals on Jason Mraz's "Lucky" and her background vocals and writing on Taylor Swift's Breathe, and was part of the group that won Album of the Year for her background vocals and writing on Taylor Swift's Fearless.
The song is the follow-up to her worldwide debut hit "Bubbly", and was officially released in January 2008, peaking at number twenty on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, becoming her second Top 20 hit in the U.S. The video for "Realize" was filmed in both Toronto, Ontario and Haliburton, Ontario Canada. Most of Colbie's driving scenes are on highway 121 and highway 118, two main arteries of the Haliburton region. As explained on her 2008 summer tour with John Mayer, there is a story behind this song. Caillat, Jason Reeves, and his roommate were a close group of three friends. Colbie was unaware that Jason's roommate had a huge crush on her, and when she found out about this later, she decided to base her song on this. Jason co-wrote the song from the perspective of his friend.