Vocals - Mark Knopfler & Emmylou Harris
Guitars - Mark Knopfler
Additional Guitars - Richard Bennett
Keyboards - Jim Cox & Guy Fletcher
Drums - Chad Cromwell & Danny Cummings
Bass - Glenn Worf
Fiddle & Mandolin - Glen Duncan

Emmylou Harris - acoustic guitar on "rollin' on" and "belle starr"
Dan Dugmore - acoustic guitar on "if this is goodbye" and "love and happiness", pedal steel on "rollin' on" and "beyond my wildest dreams", six-string bass on "belle starr"
Paul Franklin - steel on "this is us"
Jim Horn/The Memphis Horns - horns on "if this is goodbye"
Steve Conn - accordion on "red staggerwing"
Stuart Duncan - fiddle on "red staggerwing"
Billy Ware - triangle on "red staggerwing"

co-produced by Mark Knopfler and Chuck Ainlay
recorded and mixed by Chuck Ainlay
assisted by John Saylor & Mark Ralston
additional recording by Guy Fletcher
horns recorded by Mark Kapps
mixed at British Grove Studios, London
assisted by Rupert Coulson
tech support by Graham Meek