When most people hear the words Child Custody, they think about the child's living arrangements.
Unless you're an attorney or have been through your own child custody process, you may not know what they mean or what the distinction is.
This doesn't automatically mean that it is an exclusive right.
You can also have "joint physical custody," which means that both parents have a legal right to have the child live with them and establish a visitation schedule.
Parents without physical custody can still have regular visitation with their child and expect the court to uphold that right.
That is, you don't need to have sole physical custody of your child to have visitation, and you won't lose any possibility of visitation if you don't have sole or joint physical custody.