Yes, Bitcoin is real money. The definition of money is: A medium of exchange used to get access to goods or services. Bitcoin can be used to get goods and services.
Many people are often skeptical of new things, and believe everything they read about it. Banks were the same way when it came to bitcoin in the beginning. Now many banks are building Bitcoin projects.
One, BBVA, would warn their employees about the dangers of bitcoin, while at the same time they had a bitcoin development center.
So to sum up, Bitcoin is money. The only problem with adaption is the lack of education.