[1] Her first major label release since More (2004), it saw Tamia consulting a diverse roster of collaborators including songwriting credits from Rachel Assil, Claude Kelly, and Dillon Pace.

Production comes courtesy of the likes of Pop & Oak, The-Dream, Tricky Stewart and Polow da Don, as well as frequent collaborators The Stereotypes and Shep Crawford, among others.

More was eventually certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and spawned the top forty single "Officially Missing You".

[3] The following year, Tamia split from Elektra and founded her own record label, Plus One Music Group, to gain more creative control over future projects.

[3] Her second album with the rooster, Beautiful Surprise, was released in 2012 after a six-year absence in which she had devoted herself to the education of her two children with retired basketball player Grant Hill.

"[6] A departure from her previous independent projects, Tamia worked with a wider range of high-profile producers on Love Life, including Oak Felder and Pop Wansel from duo Pop & Oak as well as frequent collaborators Claude Kelly, Shep Crawford and Godz of Analog members Christopher "Tricky" Stewart and The-Dream, both of whom co-produced two songs for the album each.

[7] She booked sessions with several producers such as The Stereotypes, Chuck Harmony, Polow da Don, and Lil Ronnie to work with them in different rooms.

[7] Initially worried about the short recording period, Tamia would later feel confirmed in her decision when her husband reminded her that rapper Jay-Z had used similar methods of collaborating when he produced his critically acclaimed 2001 album The Blueprint "in a weekend".

[8] Los Angeles Times reporter Gerrick D. Kennedy declared Love Life as "grown-up, worn-in R&B at its finest".

A record like this – with grown-up passions and accountable moods, stirring key modulations, gauzy slow jams and hyper-mainstream ballads – maintains the tradition".