The phrase "a real relationship between" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when discussing the authenticity or depth of a connection or interaction between two or more entities, such as people, concepts, or organizations.
Example: "There is a real relationship between trust and effective communication in any successful partnership."
Alternatives: "an authentic connection between" or "a genuine bond between".
The letter contained indications of a real relationship between the former rivals.
For her there was a real relationship between her most fundamental beliefs and her political commitment.
Universities need to grow as knowledge grows, and there is a real relationship between space and academic distinction.
"When you have recognizable faces, it builds a real relationship between the players and the fans," Messier said.
The Dallas Buyers Club dodges the complexities of bringing a real relationship between any of its principals to fruition.
There was a fascinating charge between Curtis and Monroe, and it was many years later that Curtis revealed that there was a real relationship between them.
Of course, if there is in fact a real relationship brewing between the "Same Old Love" singer and the Canadian hip-hop star, it could create some drama.
Over time, a real relationship is formed between the child, the parents and the doctor who examines the child with an atraumatic apparatus (especially in the case of ultrasound).
And that, in turn, has helped to maintain a very real relationship between poverty and race, seeded elevated crime in some communities and helped to justify even more, and possibly less thoughtful, "lock them up and throw away the key" public policy.
Is it a reflection of the real relationship between ministers and civil servants, exaggerated for humour and effect?
After all, how riveting can fictional entanglements be when compared with the more immediate and real relationship between a writer and his audience, especially when that writer seems to betray anxieties that he might be, despite his Nobel Prize and his two Bookers, irrelevant, "some odd extinct creature... on the point of turning into stone," "a pedant who dabbles in fiction"?
