Editing James Taylor (section)

==Personal life==
[[File:James Taylor and Kim Smedvig at Met Opera.jpg|thumb|170px|Taylor and Smedvig in September 2008]]
Taylor married singer [[Carly Simon]] in November 1972, in a low-key ceremony at Simon's home in New York. Taylor was 24 and Simon 29; they divorced in 1983.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://honey.nine.com.au/latest/carly-simon-james-taylor-love-story/7926bd56-5513-4c7a-ad67-b4cd7a345d84#:~:text=Their%20wedding%20on%20November%203,in%20Simon's%20New%20York%20apartment |title=Love Stories: Carly Simon made James Taylor an offer he couldn't resist |work=Honey |last=Preston |first=Kahla |date=June 5, 2021 |access-date=April 19, 2022}}</ref> Their children, [[Sally Taylor (musician)|Sally]] and Ben, are also musicians.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/lifestyle/names/2013/08/28/ben-and-sally-taylor-pay-tribute-their-mom-and-dad/R5GX19idwl5NbhHbsIiCpO/story.html |title=Ben, Sally Taylor Pay Tribute to Parents by Mark Shanahan and Meredith Goldstein |publisher=Boston Globe |date=August 28, 2013 |accessdate=July 24, 2023 |url-access=subscription}}</ref>

Taylor married actress [[Kathryn Walker]] at the [[Cathedral of St. John the Divine]] on December 14, 1985.<ref>White, ''Long Ago and Far Away'', p. 288.</ref> She helped him fight his heroin addiction, but they divorced in 1996.<ref name="White, p. 301"/>

In 1995, Taylor began dating Caroline "Kim" Smedvig, the director of public relations and marketing for the [[Boston Symphony Orchestra]].<ref name="white-310">White, ''Long Ago and Far Away'', pp. 310–311.</ref> They had met when he performed with [[John Williams]] and the [[Boston Pops]] orchestra.<ref name="white-310"/> They were married at the [[Emmanuel Episcopal Church, Boston|Emmanuel Episcopal Church]] in [[Boston]] on February 18, 2001. Part of their relationship was worked into the 2002 album ''[[October Road (album)|October Road]]'', specifically on the songs "On the 4th of July" and "Caroline I See You".<ref name="pm-oct-rd">{{cite magazine | url=https://www.popmatters.com/music/reviews/t/taylorjames-october.shtml | title=James Taylor: October Road | author=Glauber, Gary | magazine=[[PopMatters]] | date=August 13, 2002 | access-date=March 17, 2009 | archive-date=August 25, 2007 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070825154354/http://www.popmatters.com/music/reviews/t/taylorjames-october.shtml | url-status=dead }}</ref> Following the birth of their twin sons Rufus and Henry in April 2001,<ref name="white-310"/><ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,621850,00.html | title=James Taylor: Twins! | author=Silverman, Stephen M. | magazine=[[People (magazine)|People]] | access-date=December 21, 2013 | archive-date=December 24, 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131224093026/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,621850,00.html | url-status=dead }}</ref> they settled in [[Lenox, Massachusetts]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hamptonterrace.com/james-taylor-live-berkshires/ |title=Why Does James Taylor Live in the Berkshires? |date=April 14, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180212084241/https://www.hamptonterrace.com/james-taylor-live-berkshires/ |archive-date=February 12, 2018 |access-date=May 5, 2017}}</ref> Their son Henry has toured as a backing vocalist with his father as of 2021.{{cn|date=February 2025}}