Jesse Royal Carmichael (born April 2, 1979) is an American musician, best known as the keyboardist and rhythm guitarist for the pop rock band, Maroon 5.

[3] Not long after, the four would start a band called Kara's Flowers, and almost as fast would begin searching for a label to release their music.

[1][7] On March 9, 2012, Carmichael announced he would be taking a break from performing with Maroon 5 for an undetermined amount of time to focus more on his studies of "music and the healing arts".

[8] During his hiatus, the band's touring keyboardist, PJ Morton was promoted to an official member and took over Carmichael's keyboard duties to fill-in for his absence.

However several months later, on October 10, 2012, Carmichael confirmed that he would be returning to the band after they completed their Overexposed World Tour, expanding the group's membership to six after Morton's promotion.

[10] Nowadays, he visits numerous teachers for his piano and guitar playing, as well as his vocal performance, and also takes orchestration lessons.

[2] In 2016, Carmichael joined with musician and producer Jason Lader and formed a side project titled Circuit Jerks.