The driver who took you to the station also does weddings on Saturdays, rents a room to a student, and sells his wife's chutney at a stall twice a month. Ask what he does and he'll say he drives a taxi.
Very few people's money comes from one pipe, and those who say otherwise are usually simplifying for the sake of a short answer. Income arrives in a scatter — a main thing, two side things, and something that only happens in December — and a scatter is sturdier than a single stream, though it never sounds as impressive at a party.