Inside the Life: The Comedy Legend, His Daughter, and the Journey Few Have Seen

In the late 1980s, before fame fully found him, Jim met Melissa Womer, a waitress and aspiring actress at The Comedy Store in Los Angeles. Despite his financial struggles — earning only $25 a night at the time — the two fell in love.

They married on March 28, 1987, in Santa Monica, California, and later that year, their daughter Jane Erin Carrey was born.

Melissa worked two jobs while Jim chased his dreams, and though money was tight, they were deeply in love. As Jim’s career skyrocketed in the early 1990s, however, fame brought challenges neither could have predicted.

By 1995, their marriage ended. Melissa later reflected, “I was happy to be a wife and mother, but Jim changed. Marriage takes empathy, commitment, and sacrifice. He was becoming someone else.”

Despite the split, Jim never wavered in his devotion to his daughter.

Meet Jane Carrey: The Musician, Mother, and Jim’s Greatest Joy

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