The Cold Hard Facts of Life is a studio album by country music singer Porter Wagoner.

[1] The album debuted on Billboard magazine's Top Country Albums chart on June 10, 1967, peaked at No.

2 hit, "The Cold Hard Facts of Life".

[2] AllMusic gave the album a rating of four stars.

[3] Reviewer Dan Cooper called it "good, straight-ahead country" and referred to the cover art as "the hillbilly graphics howler of all time.