A rotary electric machine armature that includes a cylindrical armature core and a coil wound around the armature core, wherein: the coil is formed by joining a plurality of segment conductors to each other; the segment conductors have respective conductor side portions that extend along the axial direction; the conductor side portions are provided with respective joint portions; the joint portions have respective facing surfaces; the joint portions of a pair of the segment conductors are joined to each other with the facing surfaces of the joint portions facing each other; and a facing surface of the facing surfaces is formed so as to have a portion that faces a radial direction and so as not to have portions that overlap each other as viewed in the radial direction over the entire facing surface.