Personnel includes: Beres Hammond (vocals); Winston "Bopee" Bowen (vocals, guitar); Wyclef Jean (vocals, bass); Fernando Rosario, Robert Angus, Earl "Chinna" Smith (guitar); Howard Messam (saxophone); Dean Fraser, Nambo Robinson, Dave Madden (horns); Donald "Danny Bassie" Dennis (keyboards, bass, drums); Robbie Lyn (keyboards, bass); Lloyd "Obeah" Denton, Christopher Birch, Dwight Dawes, Paul Crosdale (keyboards); Flabba Holt (bass, percussion); Robbie Shakespeare, Michael Fletcher (bass); Style Scott, George Fire House, Sly Dunbar (drums); Nicola Tucker, Dorett Wisdom (background vocals); Roots Radics Band.
Producers: Beres Hammond, Philip "Fattis" Burrell, Colin "Bulby" York, Karl Toppin.
Engineers include: Anthony Selassie, Dwight Dias, Robert "Smurf" Murphy.
MUSIC IS LIFE was nominated for the 2002 Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album.