Personal Profile About Carol Kaye
Carol Kaye (born March 24, 1935, Everett, Washington, U.S.) is an American bassist, considered one of the most productive and impactful studio musicians in the history of popular music. As a session bassist working with a group of elite studio musicians based in Los Angeles, she contributed to an estimated 10,000 recordings. Her sense of rhythm and harmony on the bass guitar helped shape the sound of mid-20th-century rock, pop, jazz, and film music.
Carol Kaye Husband
Carol Kaye has had three marriages. The first husband was musician Al Kaye, with whom she had a son before their marriage ended. Carol got married again and gave birth to a daughter before that marriage also ended in divorce. Carol Kaye’s third husband was Spider Webb, a drummer, who co-founded the group Spiders Webb with her. Carol Kaye does not talk much about her marriages; in fact, Carol Kaye has always focused on music and educational work.
Carol Kaye Net Worth
As of 2026, Carol Kaye’s estimated net worth is around $500,000 or so. Most of her money came from thousands of studio recording sessions, plus teaching and instructional publications, which in a way sounds simple, but it wasn’t. Like a lot of session musicians from her generation, she was usually paid a one-time fee for the actual recording work, and she generally did not get ongoing royalties for most of the famous records she helped create. Even with her huge input into pop music, this whole payment setup kind of capped her long-term earnings compared to many recording artists.