It Ain't Easy is a studio album by American country music artist Janie Fricke.

The disc was the seventh studio release of Fricke's career and reached the top 15 of the American country LP's chart.

Two of its singles "You Don't Know Love" and "He's a Heartache (Looking for a Place to Happen)" reached the number one spot on the North American country songs charts.

[2] She changed towards a more up-tempo country pop musical style with her next album release It Ain't Easy.

[6] AllMusic's Tom Roland gave the album three out of five stars in his review: "Here she sounds like a strong woman who's very familiar with heartache, and producer Bob Montgomery gives her some rockin' material to shout on.

"[1] The disc spent a total of 58 weeks on the American Billboard country albums chart, peaking at number 15 in January 1983.