Editing Béla Fleck (section)

==Personal life==
[[File:Bela Fleck and Abigail Washburn play a duet at Shakori Hills Festival in 2010..png|thumb|right|Fleck and his wife [[Abigail Washburn]] play a duet at Shakori Hills Festival in 2010]] Fleck is married to banjo player [[Abigail Washburn]].<ref name="Tippett" /><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.aspentimes.com/article/20100204/AE/100209910|title=Banjoist Béla Fleck brings his Africa Project to Aspen|last=Oksenhorn|first=Stewart|date=February 4, 2010|work=The Aspen Times|publisher=Swift Communications|access-date=December 10, 2010|quote=A year ago, Fleck appeared in Aspen as a member of the Sparrow Quartet, an ensemble led by fellow banjoist (and Fleck's girlfriend at the time, now his wife) Abigail Washburn that mixed Chinese folk songs, Appalachian gospel tunes, blues and more.}}</ref>  Washburn first met Fleck in Nashville at a square dance at which she was dancing and he was playing.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thebeijinger.com/blog/2010/07/08/American-Roots-a-Love-for-China-Abigail-Washburn-Returns|title=American Roots & a Love for China: Abigail Washburn Returns|last=Laskowski|first=Christine|date=July 8, 2010|work=Blog|publisher=The Beijinger|access-date=December 10, 2010}}</ref> Fleck produced Washburn's first solo album. Fleck brought Washburn to the wedding of his half-brother – award-winning children's television writer [[Sascha Paladino]] – in August 2007, and they played in a scratch band composed of wedding party members.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/05/fashion/weddings/05vows.html|title=Erin Torneo and Sascha Paladino|last=Stowe|first=Stacey|date=August 5, 2007|work=The New York Times|access-date=December 10, 2010|quote=The band, consisting of the bridegroom's half-brothers, Louie Fleck and Béla Fleck; the bridegroom's father, Joe Paladino; and Abigail Washburn, Béla Fleck's girlfriend, performed "Two of Us" by the Beatles.}}</ref> In May 2009, the ''Bluegrass Intelligencer'' website satirized the upcoming "strategic marriage" of Washburn and Fleck, joking that the couple promised a "male heir" who will be the "Holy Banjo Emperor."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bluegrassintelligencer.com/?p=1221|title=Strategic Marriage Will Consolidate Power Within Single Banjo Sovereignty: Fleck, Washburn promise male heir, Holy Banjo Emperor|date=May 28, 2009|work=Bluegrass Intelligencer|publisher=bluegrassintelligencer.com|access-date=December 10, 2010|location=Nashville}}</ref>

Fleck and Washburn have two sons, born 2013 and 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://charlestoncitypaper.com/bela-fleck-and-abigail-washburn-hit-the-road-with-two-kids-in-tow/|title=Béla Fleck and Abigail Washburn hit the road with two kids in tow|last=Lawrence|first=Stratton|date=January 9, 2019|work=Charleston City Paper|access-date=June 27, 2022}}</ref>