above-board vs real-life

above-board

adj
  • In open sight; without trick, concealment, or deception. 

adv
  • Honestly; openly. 

real-life

adj
  • A person or object that exists in reality. 

  • As happens in real life; not fictional or theoretical; actual as opposed to believed or assumed. 

How often have the words above-board and real-life occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )