Maybe This Place Is the Same and We're Just Changing is the debut studio album by American rock band Real Friends.

In the fall of 2010 bassist Kyle Fasel "wasn't happy" with the music he was working on and wished to start over.

[4] Fasel called guitarist Dave Knox and the pair soon started talking about the goals they wished to achieve.

[4] During this period of change, Fasel and Knox were playing in The Fastest Kid Alive.

[7] Reviewing the EP for Rock Sound, Andy Biddulph said noted that he would not be "surprised" if the band was "mixing it with the big boys in a year's time".

"[10] The group "still wanted full control of our band" while Fearless would help with marketing and distribution, according to Fasel.

[16] On January 20, 2014, the band announced they had finished writing material for their debut album.

[15] The album was mixed by Sean O' Keefe, with assistance from Rob Drauden[15] in Chicago.

[12] In March and April 2014, the group supported The Wonder Years on their North American headlining tour.

[...] we took a lot of time putting together an album that we believe is a solid and progressive effort, and i hope that shines through".

[24] On May 7, a music video was released for "Loose Ends", it features Chris Roetter of Like Moths to Flames.

[27] The music video was filmed by Jered Scott of Several Guys and edited by Ken Wilcox of Twisted Iris.

[34] Maybe This Place Is the Same and We're Just Changing was planned to be released prior to Warped Tour so that band could play the newer songs.

[37] In October and November, the band toured across the U.S. with Neck Deep, Cruel Hand and Have Mercy.

[41] In March, the band supported All Time Low in Europe, while in between those dates played a few headlining shows.

[45] The band supported Every Time I Die on the Common Vision tour in July and August.

[46] In October and November, the group supported Mayday Parade on the 2015 Alternative Press Tour.

[50] Biddulph mentioned the album was full of "tasteful ballads and radio-ready pop-punk".