"Carolina in the Pines" is a song written and recorded by American country music artist Michael Martin Murphey.

It was released in August 1975 as the second and final single from the album Blue Sky - Night Thunder.

[1] The song was re-recorded with John McEuen on banjo and released in May 1985 from his compilation album The Best of Michael Martin Murphey.

Bluegrass band The Special Consensus recorded the song on their 2002 album, Route 10.

Billboard magazine reviewed the song favorably, calling it "a countryish tune in a distinct John Denver vein.