Family
- father Joe Carlyle: moved with son to a hippie commune on a Glasgow estate when his wife abandoned the family c. 1965; Carlyle was estranged from him for eight years (c. 1982-90); died c. 2006
- mother Elizabeth Carlyle: left home when her son was four (c. 1965); Carlyle has no relationship with her
- children : has three with wife, Anastasia
Companions
- Caroline Patterson: together in the early 1990s
