It Ain't Easy is an album by American singer/songwriter Chris Smither, released in 1984.

Writing for Allmusic, critic Brett Hartenbach wrote of the album "Smither never treats the songs as if they were museum pieces...

There's not a false moment on the entire record.

"[1] Music critic Robert Christgau wrote of the album "...it's damn hard to make a consistently interesting album out of your voice and an acoustic guitar.

Smither comes within a dud original and a few extraneous covers of bring it off..."[2] All tracks composed by Chris Smither; except where indicated