Let FF be a field with a nontrivial involution c:α↦αcc:α↦αc. An element g∈GLn(F)g∈GLn(F) is called cc-real if it is conjugate to (gc)−1(gc)−1. We prove that for n≥2n≥2, g∈GLn(F)g∈GLn(F) is cc-real if and only if it has a representation in some unitary group of degree nn over FF.