[2][better source needed] Her first solo album, Just a Stone's Throw Away, featured an array of guest artists, including Maurice White, Lowell George, Linda Ronstadt, Jackson Browne, and Deniece Williams.

Two years later, she released another album Wild Child, and began touring with various artists, primarily James Taylor, Jackson Browne, and Linda Ronstadt.

Carter then released another solo album, The Way It Is, with guest artists including Phoebe Snow, Lyle Lovett, Edwin McCain, James Taylor, Linda Ronstadt, and Jackson Browne.

These included Linda Ronstadt, Don Henley, Christopher Cross, Little Feat, Jackson Browne, Outlaws, and James Taylor.

[7] In the December 11, 1999, issue of Billboard, the marriage of Carter to Seth Katz, a television executive with Sony, was reported to have taken place on November 26, 1999, in Montclair, New Jersey.

[12] It was released on Cowboy Angel Records, an indie label formed by Kurasch and Valerie's sister, Jan Carter.