" Don't Fall in Love with a Dreamer " is a song recorded by American singers Kenny Rogers and Kim Carnes. Kim Carnes wrote the song with her husband, David Ellingson. The song was released in March 1980 as the first single from Rogers' album Gideon. It was also recorded in Spanish as "No Te Enamores De Un Loco". This song was the only duet on the album Gideon.

Background

While recording the song in Nashville, Kenny Rogers and Kim Carnes sang facing each other with live musicians. Carnes had to adjust her singing by making up the melody in a different key than she had practiced.

Rogers and Carnes performed the song live at the Fox Theatre in Atlanta. The performance was part of a CBS television special called Kenny Rogers' America, which aired on November 20, 1980.