The Real World music label has introduced musicians such as Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Papa Wemba and Youssou N'Dour to Western culture.

Besides Peter Gabriel, the studio has been most commercially successful with the band Afro Celt Sound System, which fuses African and Celtic rhythms and melodies.

[2] A residential studio complex designed as an artist's retreat, Real World offers living accommodations.

Real World's kitchen offers continental breakfast, lunch, and two-course evening dinner prepared by an in-house chef.

[4][5] Notable clients of Real World Studios include[6] A-ha, Alicia Keys, Amy Winehouse, Beyoncé, Björk, Black Grape, Blue October, Bonnie Raitt, Chris de Burgh, Coldplay, Daniel Lanois, Deep Purple, Foals, Goldfrapp, Harry Styles, Idles, Indigo Girls, James, James Morrison, Jay-Z, Joseph Arthur, Kanye West, Kasabian, Katie Melua, King Crimson, Kylie Minogue, Laura Marling, Loreena McKennitt, Maggie Rogers, Marillion, Melanie C, Mumford & Sons, Natalie Duncan, New Order, Paloma Faith, Paolo Nutini, Papa Wemba, Paul Simon, Pixies, Placebo, The Pretenders, Rag'n'Bone Man, Reef, Robert Plant, Roger Waters, Sade, Seal, Sia, Squid, Stereophonics, Suzi Quatro, Take That, Therapy?, Tom Jones, Toto, Ultravox, Van Morrison, The Vamps, Wet Wet Wet, and The 1975.

Real World Studios has been host to film and TV projects including Quantum of Solace, The Golden Compass, Green Zone and The No.