Thelma & Jerry is an album by the American musicians Thelma Houston and Jerry Butler, released in 1977 on Motown Records. It is the first of two vocal duet albums Houston did with Butler. It includes the R&B chart hit, "It's a Lifetime Thing".
Brenda Sutton, Jesse Richardson, Judy Cheeks, Keithen Carter, Mattie Butler, Patricia Henley, Sue Conway - backing vocals
Annette Butler, Brenda M. Boyce, Georgia Ward, Homer Talbert, Naomi Henyard, Rhonda Jenkins, Steven Milburn, Tom Depierro - additional backing vocals and handclaps on "Only the Beginning"
Arthur G. Wright, David Blumberg, Paul David Wilson - arrangements