Live Your Own Life

Live Your Own Life^[4] (Korean: 효심이네 각자도생) is a South Korean television series starring Uee, Ha Jun, and Go Joo-won. The series is about a daughter who devoted her whole life to her family, but now has to break away because of the difficulties they cause, and live an independent life. It premiered on KBS2 on September 16, 2023, and aired every Saturday and Sunday at 20:05 (KST).^[5]

Live Your Own Life
Promotional poster
Also known as	Hyo-shim's Independent Life[1]
Hangul	효심이네 각자도생
Literal meaning	The Lee Family's Each Lives Their Own Life
Revised Romanization	Hyosim-ine gakjadosaeng
Genre	Family drama[1] Romance[2]
Developed by	KBS Drama Division
Written by	Jo Jeong-seon
Directed by	Kim Hyeong-il
Starring	Uee Ha Jun Go Joo-won
Music by	Choi In-hee Oh Hye-joo[3]
Country of origin	South Korea
Original language	Korean
No. of episodes	51
Production
Executive producer	Kim Sang-hui (KBS)[3]
Producers	Ahn Chang-hyun Park Dan-bi Woo Yes-ran[3]
Camera setup	Single-camera
Running time	80 minutes[4]
Production company	Arc Media
Original release
Network	KBS2
Release	September 16, 2023 (2023-09-16) – March 17, 2024 (2024-03-17)

Cast and characters

Main

• Uee as Lee Hyo-sim, third sibling, trainer from TS Fitness^[6]
• Ha Jun as Kang Tae-ho^[7]
• Go Joo-won as Kang Tae-min, heir to Taesan Group^[8]

Supporting

Hyo-sim's family

• Yoon Mi-ra as Lee Seon-soon, Hyo-sim's mother^[9]
• Nam Sung-jin as Lee Hyo-seong, Hyo-sim's older brother^[10]
• Lim Ji-eun as Yang Hee-joo, Hyo-seong's wife
• Seo Seol-hwan as Lee Hyo-jun, Hyo-sim's second brother who is preparing for the law exam
• Kim Do-yeon as Lee Hyo-do, Hyo-sim's younger brother^[11]
• Lee Ga-yeon as Ruby, Hyo-seong and Hee-joo's eldest daughter
• Lee Joo-won as Lee Phillip, the youngest son of Hyo-seong and Hee-joo

Tae-ho's family

• Jeong Young-sook as Choi Myung-hee, Tae-ho's grandmother^[9]
• Lee Hwi-hyang as Jang Sook-hyang, Jin-beom's wife and Tae-hee's mother^[9]
• Noh Yeong-guk (Ep. 1~7) - Kim Kyu-chul (Ep. 8~50) as Kang Jin-beom, the current chairman of Taesan Group, and Sook-hyang's husband^[9][12]
• Lee Kwang-ki as Yeo Jin-su, executive director of Taesan Group^[9]
• Kim Bi-joo as Kang Tae-hee, the precious daughter of Taesan Group, and Jang Sook-hyang's daughter^[13]

Uicheon Villa

• Jeon Won-ju as Bang Geun-soon, Uicheon Villa building owner whose children and grandchildren immigrated to the United States^[9]
• Park Geun-soo as Park Woo-joo, a golf instructor
• Kim Yu-ha as Park Ga-on, the cutie of Uicheon Villa, and an elementary school student^[14]

TS Fitness

• Kang Shin-jo as Yang Jeon-min
• Rho Sang-bo as Hwang Chi, a dumb trainer
• Lee Ye-sol as Min Ga-young, a trainer
• Jin Tae-hyun as Jang Seon-woo, a trainer
• Yoon Ye-in as a talkative old lady who always comes in first at 6 a.m.
• Choo Eun-kyung as Kang Jeong-suk
• Lee Chun-sik as Hwang No-sik, a grandfather who likes to talk about politics
• Park Ki-sun as Choi In-soo, a current orthopedic surgeon
• Kim Jong-hoon as Choi Mi-nam, a trainer who causes a commotion at TS Fitness because he couldn't distinguish between public and private affairs

Others

• Nam Bo-ra as Jeong Mi-rim, an aspiring celebrity^[15]
• Lim Ju-eun as Choi Sook-yung, daughter of the president and anchor of Korea's best full-length TV live
• Lee Seung-cheol as Chairman Choi, president of TV Live
• Ahn Hong-jin as Park Jong-min, a private loan man
• Lee Ho-jae as Kang Geun-man, Tae-ho's grandfather, and the first chairman of Taesan Group
• Park Hyung-joon as Kang Joon-beom, Tae-ho's father who was so capable during his lifetime that he was likely to be the successor to Taesan, but died in an accident at Daegwallyeong Pass.

Extended

• Park Yeo-reum as Han So-ra, a nurse
• Kim Mi-ra as Madame Seo, the concubine of Taesan Group's first chairman, Kang Geun-man.

Production

Uee was confirmed as the main lead of the series in April 2023.^[16] This is her comeback in a weekend drama of KBS2, as she last appeared five years ago in the 2018 television series My Only One.^[17] Go Joo-won also makes a comeback in the series as he last appeared in the 2019 TV series Haechi.^[18] The stills from the script-reading site were revealed on September 2, 2023. The supporting cast of the series includes Yoon Mi-ra, Jeong Young-sook, Lee Hwi-hyang, Jeon Won-ju, Noh Yeong-guk, Lee Kwang-ki, Nam Seong-hwan, Seol Seol-hwan, Kim Do-yeon, Nam Bo-ra, and Kim Bi-jo.^[19]

Music

Choi In-hee and Oh Hye-joo composed the music for the series.^[3] OST Part.1 of Live Your Own Life, "My Song", sung by Lim Jeong-hee, was released on September 17.^[20]

Original soundtrack

Live Your Own Life
Soundtrack album by Various
Released	2023
Genre	Soundtrack
Language	Korean English
Label	2%Entertainment Daebak Planning

Part 1

Released on September 17, 2023 (2023-09-17)^[21]

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"My Song" (나의 노래)	Jeong Yu-shin, GRACE H	Seo Jae-ha	Lim Jeong-hee	3:50
2.	"My Song" (나의 노래; Inst.)		Seo Jae-ha		3:50
Total length:					7:40

Part 2

Released on September 24, 2023 (2023-09-24)^[22]

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"Go Your Own Way" (각자도생)	Young Tak, Ji Kwang-min	Young Tak, Ji Kwang-min	Young Tak	2:55
2.	"Go Your Own Way" (각자도생; Inst.)		Young Tak, Ji Kwang-min		2:55
Total length:					5:50

Part 3

Released on December 3, 2023 (2023-12-03)^[23]

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"Like a Shining Star Over There" (저기 빛나는 별처럼)	Kim Su-bin (AIMING), Jo Se-hee	Kim Chang-rak (AIMING), Kim Su-bin (AIMING)	Kim Bo-kyung (NEON)	4:16
2.	"Like a Shining Star Over There" (저기 빛나는 별처럼; Inst.)		Kim Chang-rak (AIMING), Kim Su-bin (AIMING)		4:16
Total length:					8:32

Part 4

Released on December 17, 2023 (2023-12-17)^[24]

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"Like Last Night's Dream" (지난밤의 꿈처럼)	Hanjun	Seo Jae-ha	DK (December)	3:53
2.	"Like Last Night's Dream" (지난밤의 꿈처럼; Inst.)		Seo Jae-ha		3:53
Total length:					7:46

Part 5

Released on January 28, 2024 (2024-01-28)^[25]

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"I loved you every single day" (너를 하루도 빠짐없이 사랑했었어)	Yanghan tree	Yang Hangru, Tetri Song	Hanbin (4Men)	4:16
2.	"I loved you every single day" (너를 하루도 빠짐없이 사랑했었어; Inst.)		Yang Hangru, Tetri Song		4:16
Total length:					8:32

Viewership

Episodes		Episode number
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	1–10	2.714	3.200	2.739	1.885	2.291	2.402	2.689	2.539	2.978	2.454
	11–20	2.560	2.498	2.803	2.583	2.767	2.552	2.696	2.715	2.879	2.765
	21–30	2.973	2.746	3.115	2.787	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	3.100
	31–40	3.349	3.140	3.763	2.923	3.632	3.252	3.583	3.514	3.710	2.946
	41–50	3.443	3.338	3.597	3.105	3.581	3.216	3.811	3.241	3.884	3.408
	51	3.862	–

Live Your Own Life : South Korea viewers per episode (millions)

Source: Audience measurement performed nationwide by Nielsen Korea.

Average TV viewership ratings

Ep.	Original broadcast date	Average audience share
		Nielsen Korea[26][27]		TNmS[28]
		Nationwide	Seoul	Nationwide
1	September 16, 2023	16.5% (1st)	14.3% (1st)	14.7% (1st)
2	September 17, 2023	18.4% (1st)	16.7% (1st)	15.9% (1st)
3	September 23, 2023	15.7% (1st)	14.1% (1st)	13.8% (1st)
4	September 30, 2023[a]	11.1% (1st)	10.0% (1st)	8.8% (1st)
5	October 8, 2023[b]	13.7% (1st)	12.6% (1st)	12.2% (1st)
6	October 14, 2023	14.3% (1st)	12.9% (1st)	12.1% (1st)
7	October 15, 2023	16.8% (1st)	15.7% (1st)	12.4% (1st)
8	October 21, 2023	15.3% (1st)	14.2% (1st)	N/A
9	October 22, 2023	17.0% (1st)	15.7% (1st)	13.3% (1st)
10	October 28, 2023	14.7% (1st)	13.3% (1st)	N/A
11	October 29, 2023	15.4% (1st)	13.7% (1st)	13.6% (1st)
12	November 4, 2023	14.9% (1st)	13.6% (1st)	N/A
13	November 5, 2023	16.8% (1st)	15.5% (1st)	13.8% (1st)
14	November 11, 2023	15.5% (1st)	14.1% (1st)	N/A
15	November 12, 2023	16.6% (1st)	14.6% (1st)	14.2% (1st)
16	November 18, 2023	14.5% (1st)	13.0% (1st)	N/A
17	November 19, 2023	15.5% (1st)	13.9% (1st)	13.4% (1st)
18	November 25, 2023	15.6% (1st)	14.0% (1st)	13.0% (1st)
19	November 26, 2023	17.7% (1st)	16.1% (1st)	13.9% (1st)
20	December 2, 2023	16.6% (1st)	15.1% (1st)	12.3% (1st)
21	December 3, 2023	17.4% (1st)	15.8% (1st)	13.8% (1st)
22	December 9, 2023	16.7% (1st)	15.6% (1st)	N/A
23	December 10, 2023	17.8% (1st)	16.5% (1st)	14.1% (1st)
24	December 16, 2023	16.7% (1st)	14.9% (1st)	N/A
25	December 17, 2023	18.8% (1st)	N/A	16.5% (1st)
26	December 23, 2023	15.8% (1st)		N/A
27	December 23, 2023	17.5% (1st)
28	December 30, 2023	17.6% (1st)
29	December 31, 2023	16.2% (1st)
30	January 6, 2024	17.5% (1st)	16.3% (1st)
31	January 7, 2024	19.0% (1st)	17.1% (1st)
32	January 13, 2024	18.3% (1st)	16.6% (1st)
33	January 14, 2024	20.9% (1st)	19.3% (1st)
34	January 20, 2024	17.6% (1st)	16.1% (1st)
35	January 21, 2024	21.4% (1st)	19.8% (1st)
36	January 27, 2024	18.6% (1st)	17.5% (1st)
37	January 28, 2024	20.8% (1st)	18.6% (1st)
38	February 3, 2024	20.6% (1st)	18.4% (1st)
39	February 4, 2024	22.1% (1st)	20.3% (1st)
40	February 10, 2024	16.2% (1st)	14.6% (1st)
41	February 11, 2024	18.3% (1st)	16.2% (1st)
42	February 17, 2024	19.3% (1st)	17.8% (2nd)
43	February 18, 2024	21.1% (1st)	18.6% (1st)
44	February 24, 2024	18.8% (1st)	16.7% (1st)
45	February 25, 2024	21.0% (1st)	18.2% (1st)
46	March 2, 2024	18.8% (1st)	17.0% (1st)
47	March 3, 2024	22.1% (1st)	20.2% (1st)
48	March 9, 2024	19.3% (1st)	16.9% (1st)
49	March 10, 2024	22.1% (1st)	19.9% (1st)
50	March 16, 2024	19.7% (1st)	17.8% (1st)
51	March 17, 2024	22.0% (1st)	20.0% (1st)
Average		17.698%	—[c]	—[c]
In the table above, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings. N/A denotes rating that was not released.

Accolades

Award ceremony	Year	Category	Nominee	Result	Ref.
APAN Star Awards	2023	Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Serial Drama	Uee	Nominated	[32][33]
		Best Original Soundtrack	Young Tak	Won
KBS Drama Awards	2023	Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Serial Drama	Uee	Won	[34]
		Excellence Award, Actor in a Serial Drama	Ha Jun	Won
		Best Couple Award	Ha Jun and Uee	Won	[35]
		Popularity Award, Actor	Uee	Won	[36]

Notes

1. The 4th episode was cancelled for September 24, due to the broadcast of Hangzhou Asian Games.^[29]
2. The 5th episode was cancelled for October 1, and 7 due to the broadcast of Hangzhou Asian Games.^[30][31]
3. Due to multiple unpublished ratings, the exact average rating is unknown.