Maybe share some code? Normally your refs, if pointing to the same array, should show the same thing when you print them:

 perl -e '@arr = qw|a b c d|; $ref = \@arr; $ref2 = \@arr; print qq|$r
+ef\t$ref2\n|;'
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At least for this run shows:

ARRAY(0x82b1ee4)    ARRAY(0x82b1ee4)
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