appearance on 7 October 2014. He's the son of Jimmy King (Nick Miles) and Juliette Holliday (Amelia Curtis). Carl was conceived after a mix up at the fertility clinic meant Juliette was impregnated with Jimmy's sperm rather than that of her chosen donor. Juliette tracked down Jimmy so he could sign the papers that waved his rights to her unborn baby but she ended up going into labour at Jimmy's house. Jimmy's wife Nicola King (Nicola Wheeler) helped Juliette deliver a son, whom she named Carl, unaware that it was also the name of Jimmy's deceased brother Carl King (Tom Lister). Juliette initially allowed Jimmy to have access to Carl but that stopped when she and her husband reconciled and decided to be a proper family. Nicola guilt-tripped Juliette into allowing Jimmy to see Carl for one last time, but Nicola took him and ran away. Nicola returned not long afterwards and Juliette was persuaded not to press charges against her. In January 2016, Jimmy called Juliette to check up on Carl. Juliette appeared in the café and gave Carl to Jimmy explaining her husband had left her again. Jimmy agreed to look after Carl until Juliette had put her life back together. A few weeks later, Juliette agreed to give Jimmy parental responsibility as Carl was staying with Jimmy and Nicola on a more permanent basis. After struggling to juggle childcare, Nicola became a stay-at-home mother to Carl, and his half-siblings Elliot Windsor (Luca Hoyle) and Angelica King (Rebecca Bakes), but she soon became fed up and she and Jimmy switched roles so he became a full-time stay-at-home father. In January 2021, Juliette returned to the village, looking to get to know Carl now that she felt more able to care for him. Juliette's return was met with hostility from Jimmy and Nicola, who were understandably worried about losing Carl, and they insisted that Juliette leave them alone. However, the situation was taken out of their hands when Juliette approached Carl in the village, introduced herself as his mother, and handed him a piece of paper with her mobile number on it. Carl told nobody expect Angelica about the note and, the following day, he snuck out to meet Juliette. When Carl's absence was noticed, Jimmy and Nicola contacted the police and Angelica eventually revealed where Carl was. Juliette soon brought Carl home and told Jimmy and Nicola that,