Jesse Royal Carmichael (born in Boulder, Colorado on April 2, 1979) blank">Jesse Carmichael biography at AOL Music is an _American musician who is the keyboardist for the rock group Maroon 5.

Jesse first started playing the guitar in junior high, rather than the keyboards (which he is known for in band Maroon 5). Along with friends Adam Levine, Ryan Dusick, and Mickey Madden the group Kara's Flowers was formed.

Kara's Flowers signed a deal with Reprise Records and produced one album (The Fourth World). The album found little success and, after the demise of the group, Carmichael and Levine attended Five Towns College. While in college, Carmichael began to play the keyboards. However, Levine and Carmichael only lasted a semester in the college before dropping out and heading back to California.

All of the Kara's Flowers members eventually met up and formed Maroon 5 with the addition of guitarist James Valentine.