Reds' defender lavishes praise on the club's owners, manager and staff for bringing in new players and turning the team into a competitive one with a positive mental attitude.
The Reds finished in seventh place in the Premier League two seasons ago, missing out on Champions League football. But last season their early slump meant that they missed out on Europe altogether.
Signings have since been made to bolster the squad, as Charlie Adam, Craig Bellamy, Sebastian Coates, Stewart Downing, Jose Enrique and Jordan Henderson arrived during the summer, following the January acquisitions of Luis Suarez and Andy Carroll.
Now the defender feels that the arrivals coupled with the improvements under the staff have given the team a positive new mentality.
"Normally when a new manager comes in you're building," Carragher told the club's official website.
"You take it one step at a time. Under Gerard Houllier and Rafa [Benitez], even though we won the Champions League with Rafa, in terms of competing it seemed to take a couple of years before you felt like you were not far behind the top teams.
"Now, the way we've started, the way we finished last season and the players we've brought in, I'm not saying we're going to win the league but you feel as if we can give people a run for their money. It's only been six months.
"That's what makes it exciting for me. The quicker the better for me because I'm getting on!
"It's a great credit to the manager and staff, to the owners and [director of football] Damien Comolli for changing things around and bringing in players. We've got rid of a few players now, I'm not sure how many, but there has been a lot of turnover of players and at the moment it looks like it is working.
"During some of the tough times it can feel like a million miles from where you want to be but at this moment we seem to be there and we want to stay there."
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