Life Is Peachy is Korn's second album. The album was released on October 15, 1996 through Immortal/Epic Records and has sold over 2,850,000 copies worldwide. It was produced by Ross Robinson who also produced their debut album, Korn. The album features a darker sound than the debut album, but contains more unconventional themes. A video was made showing Korn recording Life Is Peachy, entitled Who Then Now? which was included on the follow-up release Deuce.

"Lowrider" is a cover of the song by the band War, with vocals by guitarist Brian "Head" Welch. "Porno Creep" takes the style of the wah-drenched pseudo-funk music which appears on the soundtracks of many 1970s porn movies. "K@#Ø%!" is a song with many obscene lyrics written as a joke to spite radio censors. "Wicked" is a cover of Ice Cube's song, performed by Chino Moreno of Deftones. Both bands had played together several times, with Moreno performing the song with Korn on these occasions. A b-side to this album entitled "Proud", can be found on the I Know What You Did Last Summer soundtrack and on Live and Rare. Twist was a song that Korn were going to use on their self-titled album, as they mention it in the intro to "Clown".

"No Place To Hide" earned the band a second Grammy nomination in Best Metal Performance category (it was nominated in year 1998).

Under the CD, there is a quote from the country and western song "Streets of Bakersfield", which was written for Buck Owens by Homer Joy.

The album debuted on #3 spot on The Billboard 200, selling 106,000 of copies in its first week despite minimal radio airplay and TV attention. To date, it has sold over 2 million units in the United States.

This album is considered by many fans and critics alike to be Korn's signature sound and the definitive sound of the nu-metal genre.